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Some New York fourth-graders tackling state language-arts tests examined passages that were taken from books deemed to be at a fifth- or sixth-grade reading level, according to a person who saw ...
Research shows that asking students to monitor and correct their own understanding of text as they read can boost their ...
While Southside Independent School District had the lowest fifth-grade reading passage rates in Bexar County, they also posted the biggest gain, from 50 to 57 percentage points.
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In sixth grade, one passage was written at the appropriate grade level, three were above, and one was below.
A parent's complaint that a Sherlock Holmes novel is anti-Mormon has led to its removal from the sixth-grade reading list in a Virginia county school system. In a unanimous vote, the seven-member ...
Not everyone was happy about the removal of the book from sixth grade reading lists. Apparently "more than 20 former Henley students turned out to oppose the book’s removal from the lists." ...
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Sixth-grade students from Robert G. Cole Middle School celebrated the 40th anniversary of Earth Day April 14 with the planting of two drought-resistant Redbud trees.