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Reply to "When will MCPS adopt an evidence-based early reading curriculum?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid went through 2.0 from beginning to end. I hated it, but she came out just fine. Your kids will too.[/quote] I wish this were true, but it's not fine. The current pre-kindergarten through 5th grade MCPS reading curriculum, Benchmark Advance, is based on the "balanced literacy" approach which goes against decades of research on the science of reading. The program fails thousands of the county's students and leads to inequitable outcomes: 40% of Black and 28% of Hispanic MCPS 3rd graders read proficiently versus 69% of White MCPS 3rd graders. If TN, DE and NC are doing this so can we. https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/students-in-the-u-s-are-struggling-to-read-experts-share-what-they-know-can-help/ [/quote]
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