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Non-fiction vs. Fiction Smackdown

Washington Post (blog)

The Common Core guidelines recommend fourth graders get an equal amount of fiction and non-fiction. Eighth grade reading should be about 55 percent non-fiction, going to a recommended 70 percent by 12th grade.

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