Keeping an eye on test assessing teachers' ability to teach reading

This spring, the Connecticut State Board of Education took a bold step that state legislators have been avoiding for years. It quietly approved a policy that will require all teachers to pass a test that assesses their ability to teach reading.

It is a stunning development that must be closely watched. After years of conclusive research and handing out tens of millions of state tax dollars to pay for better reading instruction, we will now ask whether anything has changed. For the first time, new teachers won't be able to work in a public school unless they can prove they actually know how to teach children to read. Read more in Rick Green's column in the Hartford Courant online.