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Can’t we just read?

Recent trips to the local Barnes and Noble with my mom to replenish her store of mystery novels have been working my nerves, already frazzled by the takeover of testing.
Take a look at the new subject headings on the book carrels.
I shared my frustration at a recent More Than a Score meeting and the reaction of one of our members was, “Can’t we just read?”
No, we can’t, according to the Common Core Corps and the test publishers (mostly one and the same). With

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