Gloversville educators, mayor spread the word: Children learn when parents talk | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS July 2, 2021 New signs promoting the Talking is Teaching program are featured on all 14 of Gloversville's city buses. Shares0 GLOVERSVILLE – When one fifth-grade teacher in the Gloversville Enlarged School District saw the scores of third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students on their English Language Arts exams from 2019, she decided she wanted to think more broadly about improving literacy rates and the preparedness of district children. Those pre-COVID scores showed that proficiency on the exam, which measures reading and writing skills, was reached by 36% of third-graders, 34% of fourth-graders, and 22% of fifth-graders, according to data from the state Department of Education.