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Suspicion based on ???  (the data).  Because data = validation of suspicions.

There will always be students who do not meet the standards and that won't necessarily be the result of "inappropriate substandard reading education".

Your logic is faulty.

Also, adding more reading class means taking away electives and fun and inspiring activities like art, music, etc.   Those activities do a lot for the overall well being of a child (but they certainly don't raise reading test scores which are so important).[/quote]

But if students are reading way below grade level, maybe they will benefit more from reading intervention than from art and music. Or maybe they won't; I don't know. Nonetheless, while art and music do a lot for the overall well-being of a child, so does being able to read.[/quote]

+100  Holy cow.   The PP makes reading out to be nothing but boring drudgework.  Reading can be a creative release for kids full of adventure, imagination, fun and enjoyment.  A kid that can read well will get a lot more out of art, music and other aspects of school too, since they will be more well equipped to go on that exploration.

Not to mention, while reading is more important than art and music, nobody said get rid of art and music altogether.  They said BALANCE.  If a kid has less art in 2nd grade so that he can get back on track for 3rd, so what?  It's not as though that will stunt him for life.  Art is one of those areas where you can for the most part pick up and put down anywhere.  Reading isn't.  Reading on the other hand requires incremental steps and the foundational building blocks like phonics are CRUCIAL.  If that kid is left to struggle in 2nd, and then is even farther behind in 3rd, it just compounds from there and IS a big deal and he WILL likely be struggling not just throughout the rest of school, but likely in life and career after school.[/quote]

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