[Ohiogift] Fwd: Questions on a Passage

[Will Fitzhugh]

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From: Diane Ravitch
Date: May 3, 2013 10:03:16 AM EDT
To: Will Fitzhugh <fitzhugh at tcr.org>
Subject: Re: Questions on a Passage


Exactly right. 

No question required prior knowledge. 


Diane Ravitch


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(in response to her blog about
a new fifth-grade ELA exam
described in the New York Daily News)


	Subject: 	Questions on a Passage
	From: 	Will Fitzhugh <fitzhugh at tcr.org>
	Date: 	May 3, 2013 9:53:35 AM EDT
	To: 	Diane Ravitch <gardendr at gmail.com>



On May 3, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Will Fitzhugh <fitzhugh at tcr.org> wrote:

> 
> Ah, the tried-and-true "questions on a passage."
> 
> Where would the College Board (and everyone else)
> be without it?
> 
> It has the great advantage of not requiring the student
> to have gained any knowledge to that point. Everything
> he needs to talk about is IN the passage.
> 
> More support for a content-free education.
> 
> 
> Will



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