Of course, children should be assessed to find out whether they are making progress in reading, so that support can be provided when needed. And at this early age, testing the decoding of words rather than sentences may be sensible. But will the test really be consistent, repeatable and objective? Won't some class teachers tend to give the benefit of the doubt while others are stricter?
And a test impossible to drill? Surely not. I can already visualise children, teachers and parents spending weeks with flash cards; word lists; computer-based assessment with voice recognition technology - if only we had a government agency specialising in IT this could be in place already!
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