A classroom at Gompers Elementary school. File photo. Brian Jackson/Chicago Sun-Times
PDF: Vocabulary Results from the 2009 and 2011 NAEP Reading Assessments
Most of Illinois’ fourth-graders know what “suggested” and “underestimated” mean when reading them in stories, but not “prestigious”. Eighth-graders recognize “motivate” but not “permeated.” And while the vocabulary of Illinois’ young readers is right on par with the rest of the nation, the state’s poor …
