These skills cannot be developed solely by the kind of simple multiple choice exams that many states are using under No Child Left Behind.

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In Ghana, for example, sixth-graders sitting a simple multiple-choice reading test scored on average the same mark that would be gained by random guessing.

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While officials are attempting to make the tests more involved than simple multiple-choice tests, the sheer volume of tests students are required to take is sure to be problematic.

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