Students have to demonstrate “competency over challenging subject matter” to reach proficient. (See more on the meaning ... trend in reading results for 4th graders. So what does this tell ...

For 8th grade students, average reading scores also went down ... NCES says that basic means “partial mastery of prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental for proficient work ...

might need to demonstrate a reading knowledge of German. But they may have little or no ability to speak or to write in that language. Does this mean that the student doesn’t “know” German?

Tools and apps like Google Translate are getting better and better at translating one language into another ... lifetime I'm fairly sure that we'll reach — if we haven't already done so ...