1.   But the task force, citing the Everson study, accepted the recommendation that the reading test be extended fifteen minutes.

2.   The students were given a reading test.

3.   As President Bush said, if we are teaching math and reading, teaching to math and reading tests makes sense.

4.   A vocal group of parents and public school students in New York protested against new and much tougher state examinations last week by boycotting a statewide reading test.

5.   California has had a state-mandated whole language program for years, and its fourth-graders placed last this year in a nationwide reading test.

6.   Civil rights groups like the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund are opposing the reading test because it will be given only in English.

7.   Competing education bills that passed the House and Senate earlier this year require schools to raise student math and reading test scores every year.

8.   Does the fourth-grade reading test reflect a particular educational approach like phonics or whole language?

9.   Even supporters of high-stakes testing also detect a dumbing-down of state-administered reading tests in Texas.

10.   Grade level is usually arrived at by giving a reading test to a demographically representative sample of third-graders.