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| Reading Scores Not Used to Predict Prison Populations |
| By oregonlive.com |
| Published: 03/23/2010 |
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The statement gets tossed out at conferences, pops up in blogs and surfaces in newspaper editorials. It is always a variation of this: "Some states use their third-grade reading scores to plan for future prison beds." A prominent early education researcher at Yale University told me five years ago that California uses third-grade reading scores to plan for its prison space. A story in Education Week ten years ago said Indiana does the same, except using second-grade reading test results. A quick search on the Internet reveals similar statements from a principal in residence at the U.S. Department of Education, an officer in the International Reading Association and by several op-ed columnists. The statement in all of its variations appears to be an urban myth, corrections officials say. I asked Max Williams, director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, if state planners looked at reading scores in projecting the state's prison population. "I do not believe they have ever looked at third-grade reading scores," he said. Instead, he said, planners look at complicated formulas that are based on arrest rates and demographic data, such as the number of 18-to-28-year-old men in the state. Read More. |
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