The real loser of the “reading war” was science, in that kids are not being taught in a way that is proven to work for most children.
4th Graders Scores Drop with International Literacy Assessment
If Common Core is all that it is cracked up to be, we should have seen an increase in scores on assessments like PIRLS, not a decline.
Prior Should Research the Bad News of the Common Core
Before Dr. Karen Swallow Prior continues to laud the “good news of the Common Core” to Christians she should spend more time researching the bad.