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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this also honors for all?[/quote]

Actually CKLA is teaching all kids to read. With Benchmark they weren't teaching anybody to read except those in ELC.

Some kids figured it out on their own, many families supplemented/hired tutors. Many did not learn to read. Disgraceful.[/quote]

Okay this is an exaggeration.  ELC doesn’t start until 4th grade and Benchmark only was introduced during the pandemic and RGR was added for the last 2-3 years.  Obviously many kids were being taught to read, some knew beforehand, some families hired tutors, and some struggled.

Personally if they aren’t going to adopt Core Knowledge overall, I hope they omit the Science and Social Studies CKLA units and instead give that time back to the actual Science and SS curricula.  Curricula which should still include vocabulary and thinking questions.

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Benchmark did not provide explicit reading instruction. So during the time and in the classrooms they used Benchmark they were not teaching kids to read.[/quote]

However there was a supplemental phonics curriculum for the last two years. (Really Great Reading)[/quote]

And who got exposure to that curriculum? Benchmark is actually detrimental to strong reading skills so everyone was essentially getting untaught.[/quote]

I have a current 3rd grader. The entire grade used really great reading (RGR) in both 1st and 2nd grader, along with benchmark.[/quote]

So they had some reading instruction, and some instruction on how to read improperly[/quote]

No they had phonics instruction, Dibrls testing or MAP-R testing for those in Grades 3-5, and then Benchmark worked on language, close reading and comprehension.[/quote]

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