Columbus City Schools Superintendent Talisa Dixon last month increased the minimum reading score that third graders must achieve at the beginning of the year.
The move means that 97% of the district鈥檚 third graders will be placed on a reading improvement plan this school year.
Teachers have protested the move, saying it鈥檚 a plot to inflate state report card scores and that it will shift too much attention away from students who really need help.
Today on All Sides: how children learn to read.
Guests:
- Emily Hanford, senior education correspondent, American Public Media, producer of the 2019 audio documentary producer of the 2018 audio documentary
- Benita Smith, Teacher, East Columbus Elementary School
- Mark Seidenberg, cognitive scientist and professor at the
