Third grade is a critical year for young readers, predicting the success of their future education. See how well your local schools are doing at producing proficient readers by the end of third grade.
By Hannah Schmid | Illinois Policy Institute
Students are back in school, so how well is your local public school preparing children to read by the critical third-grade milestone?
In Illinois, 7 of 10 third graders can’t read at grade level. That means there’s trouble awaiting most Illinois students.
If a child has not learned to read by the end of third grade, that child is likely to struggle throughout his or her education. That’s because fourth grade is when students move from learning to read to reading as their main method of learning.
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