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What is the challenge mentioned by the author when it comes to teaching Common Core grade-level skills?
What is the challenge mentioned by the author when it comes to teaching Common Core grade-level skills?
The challenge is to avoid teaching the skills enumerated in the standards rather than ensuring they are all covered.
According to the author, how useful are language skills as defined in the standards?
According to the author, how useful are language skills as defined in the standards?
The author believes that language skills as defined in the standards are useful fictions.
What does the author mean by stating that many types of knowledge and cognitive functioning are embedded in every skill area?
What does the author mean by stating that many types of knowledge and cognitive functioning are embedded in every skill area?
The author means that there are various aspects of knowledge and cognitive functioning involved in each skill area.
What is the author's opinion on the standards translating the obvious requirements of English work into wordy abstractions?
What is the author's opinion on the standards translating the obvious requirements of English work into wordy abstractions?
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According to the author, what would a real checklist of all that is involved in the act of reading border on?
According to the author, what would a real checklist of all that is involved in the act of reading border on?
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