In case you missed last week’s School Book article in the NY Times while you were out playing in the snow, a fellow BookTalk volunteer was kind enough to send it along for us to share:
Anne Stone and Jeff Nichols debate how students are asked to interpret what they read and demonstrate comprehension though standardized questions and quantifiable answers: http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/01/20/dear-governor-lobby-to-save-a-love-of-reading/
Now as volunteers working with dozens of students every day as they learn to read and interpret stories – we’d like to know your thoughts! Would you join these two parents in boycotting standardized tests or are do you believe they are a necessary part of the reading curriculum?
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