But the point here is-- why use a selection with a deeper-than-age-appropriate context in the first place?

Why use a selection that is not in its original language in the first place?

(I understand that the idea is to avoid skewing scores for kids of higher SES who may have extensive literature exposure that their low SES classmates lack, but it creates some serious problems. If they seriously NEED text to be novel to test-takers, then they need to be developing their own written materials.)


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.