密西西比阅读奇迹背后的青少年困境

Kids can read these words. But will they understand this story? WIRED goes to Mississippi to find out. BE KIND to yourself TOET BY MEGAN GREENWELL COMPREHENSION PHOTOGRAPHS BY CAMILLE FARRAH LENAIN It’s three weeks until Mississippi’s standardized test season begins, and Candace Hamberlin is feeling the pressure. Evidence of what’s at stake hangs all around Jefferson County Middle School, where Hamberlin is in her first year teaching eighth-grade English. Inside her classroom, a large piece of black polyester with clear pouches labeled “Data Wall” shows the current reading level of each student. The school hallways are lined with posters listing schoolwide scores on an earlier practice test. …