Reading levels questioned
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Reading levels questioned
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However, Mary Hilton, senior lecturer at Homerton College,Cambridge, claims that between 1998 and 2000 the number of questions demanding that pupils simply repeat answers contained in the text increased, while the number of questions requiring pupils to use higher-order reading skills markedly decreased.
Ms Hilton said: “These changes have made the reading tests progressively easier. Testing procedures could be disguising a fall in reading standards as the national literacy strategy begins to take effect.”
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