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Spanish Pronto Reading PracticeWelcome to the Spanish Pronto Reading Practice!INSTRUCTIONS: Use the glossary below to read the article paragraphs included below. Click on the linked headline to see and read the entire original, Spanish-language article.
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ARTICLE: Disidentes complican la aplicación de la Evaluación UniversalDissidents complicate the administration of the Universal (Teachers) Exam
The main point of this article is that—out of fear for the safety of teachers who are willing to take Mexico's annual national teacher competency test—the Mexican government has avoided even giving the second part of that test in the states of Michoacan and Oaxaca. The CNTE, a group of teachers within but opposed to the policies of the teachers union (SNTE), is opposed to the national tests for teachers and for students.
The glossary, however, is for these paragraphs describing the average education level in these two states and in Mexico as a whole. Datos del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) del 2011 señalan que en Oaxaca el promedio de escolaridad es de primero de primaria, lo que lo coloca como uno de los peores estados en materia educativa, solo superado por Chiapas, que ocupa el último lugar a nivel nacional. Michoacán, por su parte, es el cuarto peor estado en materia educativa, con una escolaridad promedio de segundo de primaria. El promedio nacional de escolaridad en México es el último año de secundaria, según cifras oficiales. GLOSSARY*: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"El último año de secundaria" (the last year of junior high school) is equivalent to the 9th grade in the United States. Educational attainment level data for the U.S. states show from 80% to 92% of adults over age 25 having completed high school, 17% to 38% having completed a bachelor's degree (48.5% in D.C., a statistic which has little to do with the D.C. school system and much to do with the nation's capital), and 6% to 16% having a graduate degree (28% in D.C.). The average numbers for the U.S. as a whole are 85%, 28%, and 10%, respectively. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._States_by_Education_attainment)
*NOTE: The words that are not included in this glossary are very common Spanish words (as found in the first 7 days of the Español desde cero blog).
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