Strauss: Common Core: How are books judged?

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November 1st, 2013 by schoolbound

Some time ago I wrote about a highly popular supplemental reading program used in thousands of schools called “Accelerated Reader” by Renaissance Learning Inc., which encouraged students to read books that were evaluated through a “readability” formula. Under this scheme, Ernest Hemingway’s classic, “The Sun Also Rises,” gets 10 points Read more

Source: washingtonpost.com