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Texas’ annual reading test adjusted its difficulty every year, masking whether students are improving

  • Written by Jeanne Sinclair, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Texas’ annual reading test adjusted its difficulty every year, masking whether students are improvingMillions of Americans take high-stakes exams every year.Caiaimage/Chris Ryan/iStock via Getty Images

Texas children’s performance on an annual reading test was basically flat from 2012 to 2021, even as the state spent billions of additional dollars on K-12 education.

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