Low - income students not reading at grade level in third grade are 13 times more likely to drop out of school. (advanc-ed.org)
The focus for Key 3 is to have all students at grade level in both subjects by the end of grade 6. (tosstn.com)
Even middle class Black students are denied a meaningful education in the state's urban schools: Just 12 percent of them are taught to read at grade level in eighth grade. (dropoutnation.net)