PD Editorial: California lacks a plan to end rampant illiteracy
By 2020-21, the most recent year for which the California Department of Education has released data, 60% of third graders could not read at grade level.
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By 2020-21, the most recent year for which the California Department of Education has released data, 60% of third graders could not read at grade level.
California fourth graders trail the nation in reading, and half of its third graders, including two-thirds of Black students and 61% of Latino students, do not read at grade level.
A national push to change the teaching of reading shows contrast between other states and California's hands-off approach.
California fourth graders trail the nation in reading, and half of its third graders, including two-thirds of Black students and 61% of Latino students, do not read at grade level.