In the aftermath of ‘Sold A Story,’ let’s also look at ways schools are failing students in comprehension and in writing.
Many teachers and parents are understandably concerned about reading comprehension. The one thing I can say with certainty is that if a student does not have excellent word reading skills which means for any given passage, 95 percent or more of the words are accurately read, then comprehension will be seriously impaired.
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