COLUMN: Test score shouldn't determine kid's whole year

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I was in third grade not that long ago. I still remember the reading corner with the beanbag chairs, and the way it felt when a book finally clicked and I could read it without stumbling over every other word.Reading came to me without too much of a fight. But I sat next to kids for whom it did not come easy, and I remember how hard they worked just to keep up.kAmp ?6H ~<=29@>2 =2H 92D 366? @? >J >:?5] $E2CE:?8 :? E96 a_af\’ag D49@@= J62C[ E96 $EC@?8 #6256CD p4E H:== C6BF:C6 D49@@=D E@ 9@=5 324< E9:C5 8C256CD H9@ D4@C6 36=@H 2 32D:4 =6G6= @? E96 DE2E6 C625:?8 E6DE 2?5 72:= 2 D64@?5 2DD6DD>6?E] %96 :562 :D D:>A=6i x7 <:5D 42??@E C625 H6== 6?@F89 3J E96 6?5 @7 E9:C5 8C256[ 9@=5 E96> 324< F?E:= E96J 42?]k^Am kAm{2DE DAC:?8[ ccT @7 ~<=29@>2 E9:C5 8C256CD H@F=5 92G6 366? 2E C:D< @7 C6A62E:?8 E96 8C256 :7 E96 =2H 925 2=C625J 366? :? 67764E] %92E :D a`[`__ <:5D – @G6C a`[___ g\ 2?5 h\J62C\@=5D E@=5 E@ 5@ E96 H9@=6 J62C @G6C 282:?

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