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(Rose, D., & Meyer, A.(2002). Teaching every student in the digital age: Universal design for learning. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Available online at the Center for Applied Special Technology web site. Chapter 7. Retrieved on December 10, 2009, from //  )  // Whew, its been an exciting week. One of the articles, Teaching every student chapter 7, really caught my eye. I have battled with a feeling of unsureness about whether or not to read students the test questions for comprehension tests on Fridays about the readings from the week. I have wondered if I was helping them too much or scaffolding them too much. I have always had a handful of students who cannot read but after listening to a story can completely tell you every detail you read to them. Sometimes, my lowest readers have been the best at comprehension. My students who read like the wind sometimes focus more on the reading and cannot tell me anything about what they just read about. So, back to my delimma. I have wondered if it was okay to be still reading students the comprehension exams on Fridays. After reading the article this week, I feel much better. I feel on an exam to understand what my students are comprehending, I should read the questions to them. I shouldn't be basing their comprehension test skills on their ability to read. It would not be fair. This makes alot of sense now that someone has laid it out for me. Students need a little extra sometimes, and its okay to make them successful. I would hate it if my child could not read and therefore failed EVERY subject because of that. We should test our objective. Bottom line.