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Janet Swenson
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- East Lansing, MI
- United States
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- Michigan State University
- Position
- Associate Dean - College of Arts & Letters
- NCTE Member?
- Yes
- How long have you been a member of NCTE?
- 20 years
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"The existing standardized tests are so incredibly bogus that it is the height of impropriety for NCTE and other so-called professional organizations to pretend that tests exist "to identify learning needs, inform instruction, and monitor student ...
So far there has been no response from NCTE in any form since the postings on the website of the Washington Post. The bottom line remains:
NCTE has approved of a plan that calls for
(1) Explicit, systematic teaching of literacy as the only path.
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Approximately 8 million students in grades 4-12 are reading below grade level. Limited literacy skills cause 3,000 students to drop out of high school every day.
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Will I see you in SFO? I remember passing you and Patti on the street in front of the Ghiradelli chocolate store when the last C's was in SFO.
Hope all is well with you.
Pam
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this was a very cool video. It started out reminding me of Spaulding Gray's monologue Swimming to Cambodia (not in content, but in delivery) except of course the monologue was delivered over animation etc. And then the content blended overt elements of theory. I liked this a lot.
(I can see the influence of Victor's style on his work!)
thank you,
Dale
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