Sentences with phrase «3rd grade reading proficiency»

The NC Early Childhood Foundation's research says that 3rd grade reading proficiency predicts future career readiness.

Just in the past four years, more than half of the states passed legislation aimed at improving 3rd grade reading proficiency, the commission said.

In Salt Lake, 3rd grade reading proficiency scores rose 15.5 % from 2013 - 2014.

The stronger the early childhood experience, the more likely children are to be on track to 3rd grade reading proficiency, and the less likely they are to need early remediation.»

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That's in large part owing to a provocative body of research showing that students who don't read with proficiency by the end of 3rd grade are far more likely to experience poor academic outcomes, including leaving school without a diploma.

Students in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, and 9th grades could be held back if they failed to score at the district benchmark in math and reading on nationally normed tests - the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) or the Test of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP) for 9th graders.

Let's also examine some approaches to addressing and supporting reading proficiency by the 3rd grade.

The Kentucky Department of Education recently set a goal of reducing gaps to proficiency by half by 2030 which will require increasing 3rd grade proficiency and beyond for at least an additional 4,800 children in reading and 6,300 children in math by 2020.

The foundation recommends six strategies to help move low - income families onto the path to prosperity and ensure the nation's next generation is able to compete in our global economy, including preserving and strengthening programs that supplement poverty - level wages, offset the high cost of child care, and provide health insurance coverage for parents and children; promoting responsible parenthood and ensuring that mothers - to - be receive prenatal care; ensuring that children are developmentally ready to succeed in school; and promoting reading proficiency by the end of 3rd grade.

Some of these good 3rd grade readers will progress on their own to proficiency in reading, but many will not.

In order to achieve these goals, NDE has laid out specific objectives for all students in Nevada: achieving reading proficiency by the end of 3rd grade, entering high school with the skills necessary to succeed, graduating high school ready for college and career, and learning in an environment that is physically, emotionally and intellectually safe.

While Louisiana's proficiency goal is for all students to be Basic and above, in the voucher schools, only 35 % of 3rd graders and 29 % of 4th graders earned scores indicating they are grade level proficient in reading.

Reading proficiency by 3rd grade is critical for all students, and an early indicator of future educational success, and yet, more than 80 percent of low - income children miss that critical marker.

The state board will likely select either middle school dropout rates, for which data can be problematic, or a blend of reading proficiency in 3rd grade and 8th grade math — two early indicators that point to whether students are on track for college.