Commentary
The solution to California’s literacy problem needs to go beyond third grade
January 30, 2024
We cannot support and empower adolescent readers when their only choices for practice are juvenile stories like "Hop on Pop."
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Topic
Standardized tests continue to show that a majority of California students perform below grade level in measures of reading and literacy. The stakes are very high: research shows that students who aren’t reading at grade level by the third grade will struggle to catch up throughout their education career. California has recently launched an urgent effort to improve reading literacy for all children, especially in the early grades. Read more about this work in our special report, California's Reading Dilemma.
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