Data- Literacy

Children’s future success–

“By the end of third grade, students are expected to no longer be learning to read but reading to learn…By the end of third grade, 74% of struggling readers never catch up.”(+)

Society’s future success– 

“The bottom line is that if we don’t get dramatically more children on track as proficient readers, the U.S. will lose a growing and essential proportion of its human capital to poverty, and the price will be paid not only by individual children and families but by the entire country.”(+)

How are SCCPSS students doing?

- 71% of 3rd graders are not proficient in reading (requiring ‘additional’ to ‘substantial’ academic support) (+)

- Only 19.8% of students in grades 3 through 8 demonstrated proficiency on reading exams (+)(+)