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Standards committee refines reading wording; clarifies 'retell' vs. 'recall' and 'central idea' terminology
Summary
Committee members revised multiple reading standards to improve vertical alignment, recommended glossary definitions for 'retell/recount/recall' and agreed to use central‑idea language consistently across middle and high school, while asking staff to align K–5 wording.
A State Board standards committee spent several hours reviewing proposed wording changes to the reading standards, focusing on two recurring issues raised in public and teacher feedback: (1) whether the committee should use "retell / recount / recall" and how to define those terms across grades, and (2) whether to use "main idea" or "central idea" in vertical progression.
Lede: The committee agreed to standardize language and asked staff to prepare glossary and standards‑guide text that (a) defines the difference between retell/recount/recall and (b) uses a single phrase for the top‑level idea (adopting "central idea" through the upper grades), with K–5 phrasing to be clarified for classroom use.
Nut graf: Teachers and TDOE staff said inconsistent phrasing has caused confusion in classrooms and instructional materials. The committee directed staff to produce precise glossary definitions and to make small wording adjustments in the draft standards to ensure a clear, grade‑by‑grade progression for comprehension tasks.
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