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Common Core-Linked Tests Spur Schools to Teach Typing - WSJ - 0 views

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  • lso is drilling her students in posture, finger placement and keyboard accuracy.
  • We were just finger-pecking before
  • students learn typing in kindergarten through fourth grade as part of a class that combines math, science, engineering and the arts.
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  • “Because of testing, we needed to do something a little bit more serious with our keyboarding,”
  • one basic snag remains: how to type.
  • “If it hasn’t been a priority for schools, they are realizing now that it is one.”
  • “If you don’t have that access to keyboarding, you’re just not going to do as well,”
  • State officials say there has been a wide range of responses to keyboarding preparation.
  • launched a version of Mavis Beacon, a typing instruction program, for elementary and secondary schools in 2013.
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