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Alabama lawmakers give passage to 3rd grade reading bill: must read to move to 4th grade

Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:18 am
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
62816 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:18 am
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Alabama could become the next state to require third grade students to pass a reading test before moving to fourth grade. The bill would require third graders to meet reading benchmarks beginning in the 2021-22 school year. The House of Representatives on Thursday agreed to a Senate amendment. The bill now goes to Republican Gov. Kay Ivey. The bill also spells out initiatives to try to boost reading scores. Those include summer reading camps and providing local and regional specialists to work with struggling students.


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About 16 states demand third grade students pass a reading score threshold or repeat the grade. Supporters said statistics show students who can’t read on grade level will struggle throughout their academic careers. Opponents said the bill threatens struggling students with failure but does not adequately provide funding to help them.


Very good idea, IMO. If you get behind early on, you will most likely stay behind and never catch up. This way, you can at least be on par with others in the 4th grade and can go from there.
Now it's just too much just "pass the kid on" BS, which in the long term never helps the child.


inb4 no one will ever move past the 3rd grade in Alabama.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51305 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:21 am to
I bet that reading test will be so easy, the average 6 year old could pass it.
Posted by extremetigerfanatic
Denham Springs
Member since Oct 2003
5365 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:23 am to
Saban is probably pissed
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
37547 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:23 am to
Good. And all these people yelling there isn’t enough funding, how about you read to your kids at home like a responsible parent does?
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69110 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:24 am to
If a kid can't read by first grade, their parents failed them.
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
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Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:24 am to
Glad it is at the local/state level. The Feds have no business in education.

On the other hand, its Alabama. How many adults in Alabama can pass the test...

Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67493 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:25 am to
The fact that this bill had to be written is pitifully sad.
Posted by Antonio Moss
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
48320 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:26 am to
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Good. And all these people yelling there isn’t enough funding, how about you read to your kids at home like a responsible parent does?


Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
27442 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:27 am to
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The fact that this bill had to be written in crayon is pitifully sad.


Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134865 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:29 am to
Bama recruiting is fricked
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32715 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:32 am to
Great idea, but it doesn't fix shitty schools or teachers.
Posted by rsbd
banks of the Mississippi
Member since Jan 2007
22173 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:32 am to
5star football players are fricked
Posted by TDsngumbo
Alpha Silverfox
Member since Oct 2011
41640 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:32 am to
To get to 9th grade you must have a minimum of 9 teeth.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
37547 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:32 am to
If the parents actually gave a shite it’d be amazing how competent the teachers in these failing school systems look
Posted by bayoudude
Member since Dec 2007
24958 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:33 am to
Mississippi already has this in place. My middle son had to take it this year but no worries these coon arse transplants are bringing up the averages in our school.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Alpha Silverfox
Member since Oct 2011
41640 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:33 am to
No, if the parents actually gave a shite, there’d be no failing schools.
Posted by Sidicous
Middle of Nowhere
Member since Aug 2015
17194 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:34 am to
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Opponents said the bill threatens struggling students with failure but does not adequately provide funding to help them.
If only schools had inexhaustible money, from everyone except those employed by the schools of course...Another tax should easily fix this. Oh, let's issue another bond too! Tack on a few fees, a surcharge here, a millage there. Almost just right, a few million more is all it takes!
Posted by bmy
Nashville
Member since Oct 2007
48203 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:36 am to
They should drop history from elementary school and double up on math and reading.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
37547 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:37 am to
Who are you and what have you done to the real bmy?

I’ve been agreeing with a lot of your posts recently and I’m not ok with it
Posted by Antonio Moss
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
48320 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:38 am to
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They should drop history from elementary school and double up on math and reading.


frick that.

If anything, civics and history need to be taught more intensely and earlier on.

The time spent on math and science isn’t the problem.
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