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That's an awesome post aeh. It almost needs it own thread to make sure everyone can see it.

One of the author's suggestions about increasing reading scores by making sure student's are reading at challenging levels reminds me of the old "Mr. Obvious Show" that used to be on the radio. A "long time listener, first time caller" was always trying to figure out the most absurd problem, he would finally "get it" and then always reply in a dumbfounded way "Huh, I never made the connection".

I feel like the local school system is operating that way most of the time. Even DH is starting to question the vehemence towards MAP.

Our district has now cancelled the winter test (after administering MAP for only 1 year!). They have also figured out that parents would be none too happy seeing zero growth the first semester.