That expectation in the assessment is aligned with the Standards; the writing standards ask students to be able to «develop the topic with relevant, well - chosen
facts...
concrete details, quotations»; the reading standards ask students to «delineate
and evaluate the argument
and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound
and the
evidence is relevant....»
Nesbitt's show arrives at a time where our society, the media,
and government aim to establish a
concrete line between
fact and opinion, history
and myth,
evidence and conspiracy theory.