Better Birth-to-Third-Grade Polices Could Boost Children’s Reading Skills

States face a persistent problem: Classrooms full of children who struggle to read.

"Only about one-third of all children attending school in the United States can read proficiently by fourth grade," the New America foundation explains on its website. "The numbers are even more dismaying for our most vulnerable students. How can state policymakers lessen the achievement gap and improve literacy outcomes for all children?"

by Alyssa Haywoode

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