To
interpret the statement as a
straightforward affirmation of Reformed commitments, as de Chirico does, smacks of the
way Pentecostal and holiness churches were initially invited to join the National Association of Evangelicals for their numbers, not their theology, a history Molly Worthen has chronicled
in her Apostles of Reason.
Even when they can administer reading assessments, teachers report that it is difficult for them to
interpret the results
in a
straightforward way for children and parents.