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73% of MPS fourth graders can't read at a basic level. What will it take to fix that?

Literacy rates have been falling in Milwaukee for over a decade. But there are new leaders, new money and new efforts to fix ...

“It’s scaring me”: 8th grade teacher says just 2 out of 110 students can read at grade level

An eighth-grade history teacher in Dallas, Texas, says only two of her 110 students can read at grade level, a revelation ...
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More young Denver students are reading at grade level, but not as many as before the pandemic

After switching its elementary reading curriculum to one aligned with the science of reading, Denver Public Schools is celebrating an increase in the percentage of kindergarten through third grade ...

Almost half of Utah’s third graders don’t read at grade level, report says

Nearly half of Utah’s K-3 students are reading behind their grade level, even though almost five years ago Utah lawmakers set ...

Report: About half of Utah’s third graders struggle with reading — so what can be done?

Almost all children can learn to read with effective data-driven support, according to Gardner Institute analysis.
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Almost half of Utah third graders can’t read at grade level, report says

On Monday, the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute released a report detailing early literacy rates among Utah children, ...