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Rose, Stephanie; Schimke, Karen – Education Commission of the States (NJ3), 2012
Students not reading proficiently by the end of 3rd grade are four times more likely than proficient readers to drop out of high school. This fact and other recent research on the importance of early literacy skills have culminated in an intense focus on improving 3rd-grade reading proficiency. The challenges of improving literacy are, in turn,…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Grade 3