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Andy Harris: “What is outrageous is the 25 percent of our children, of our eighth graders can't read a grade-level passage.”

On the recordMay 5, 2020
What is outrageous is the 25 percent of our children, of our eighth graders can't read a grade-level passage.
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Andy Harris
Republican · Maryland

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Harris criticizes the reading proficiency of eighth graders.

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