Reading Scores Show Majority of Children Not Prepared for Future Success

According to new KIDS COUNT data, low reading scores for children may mean the country will not have enough skilled workers for an increasingly competitive global economy by the end of this decade.

The data, provided by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in the report "Early Reading Proficiency in the United States," finds that a majority of children in the U.S., including in Montana, are not reading proficiently by the time they reach fourth grade, which is a key predictor of a student’s future educational and economic success.

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