11.   In January, she flunked the reading test for the third time.

12.   In Kansas, state-designed reading tests suggest Kansas fourth-graders would best the national average.

13.   In the meantime, Monica Turner yearns desperately to pass the reading test that is her only passport to promotion.

14.   In the past, Silber also has said Chelsea scores low on reading tests because of the high number of students from homes that are not English-speaking.

15.   In past years, the state administered its standardized reading test in the spring, giving teachers at least three more months to prepare students.

16.   Instead, the SAT critical reading test will include questions on a range of reading passages, long and short.

17.   It also analyzed changes on state reading tests and found that students have done slightly better since states started administering their tests.

18.   It indicated that students enrolled in charters for at least two years scored slightly higher in reading tests, on average, than kids in traditional public schools.

19.   Kansas pupils logged some of the highest scores in the country on a national reading test given last winter, the state Board of Education announced Thursday.

20.   Last March, U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley announced that California tied for last place in the most recent national reading tests.