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Alberta’s proposed $11-million reading tests won’t actually help struggling learners

By Hetty Roessingh, Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary

While Alberta says Bill 6 will strengthen early literacy, the plan doesn’t measure the broader skills essential for reading success by Grade 4.

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