Upping the Ante of Text Complexity in the Common Core State Standards

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Effects of Expository Text Structure Interventions on Comprehension: A Meta‐Analysis (2017, background): “First, the structure of expository text is more complex and implicit than narrative text, and the graphics in expository text typically present essential information (Hiebert & Mesmer, 2013; Shanahan, Fisher, & Frey, 2013).”
A Meta‐Analysis on the Effects of Text Structure Instruction on Reading Comprehension in the Upper Elementary Grades (2020, background): “…most with expository text comprehension (Taylor & Beach, 1984), possibly because expository texts contain a high amount of specific vocabulary and many unfamiliar concepts and vary more in their underlying text structure than stories typically do (Hiebert & Mesmer, 2013; Pyle et al., 2017).”
Does Text Complexity Matter in the Elementary Grades? A Research Synthesis of Text Difficulty and Elementary Students’ Reading Fluency and Comprehension (2017, background): “…implementation of the Common Core State Standards: some students across the USA continue to struggle with reading achievement, yet at the same time, schools are B upping the ante ^ (Hiebert and Mesmer 2013, p. 44) by incorporating more difficult texts during classroom reading instruction.”