Sentences with phrase «children by the end of third grade»

Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters to focus attention on the critical importance of achieving grade - level reading proficiency for all children by the end of third grade.

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(Observe what a big deal it is when a state insists that children must be able, say, to read by the end of third grade in order to move on to fourth.)

We want to ensure that, through personalized diagnosis and interventions, every child learns to read well enough by the end of third grade so that they can subsequently read to learn.

[I'm most disappointed by] funding cuts for Reading First, a federally funded program that would implement scientifically based reading instructional and assessment tools to early reading instruction so children would be reading proficiently at the end of third grade.

And it could thwart early education initiatives aimed at getting all children ready for kindergarten and broader efforts to ensure every child masters reading by the end of third grade.

This, it was widely believed, was the recipe for helping children in general, and low - income students in particular, to achieve «grade - level reading» by the end of the third grade.

The goal is to help children read at grade level by the end of third grade.

Among those goals are children prepared to start kindergarten, students performing at grade level by the end of the third grade, making sure students are prepared for a high school curriculum and on track to graduate once they start.

The research is clear: if children can not read proficiently by the end of third grade, they face daunting hurdles to success in school and beyond.

Through Reading First, states and districts receive support to apply scientifically based reading research — and the proven instructional and assessment tools consistent with this research — to ensure that all children learn to read well by the end of third grade.

According to Carroll, Davies, and Richman (1971) and Adams (1990), children will be expected to recognize and know well over 80,000 different words by the end of third grade.

Ensuring that Kentucky's young children benefit from high quality early learning that keeps each and every child on a path toward proficiency in reading and mathematics by the end of third grade

The same reviews also provide compelling evidence that children who do not learn to read fluently and independently in the early grades have few opportunities to catch up to, and virtually no chance to surpass, their peers who are reading on grade level by the end of third grade.

For many poor, language - minority, and dialect - speaking children attending low - performing schools, the odds of learning to read by the end of third grade are far too low.

Finally, the plan to eliminate the waiting list for pre-kindergarten students over the next two years is a huge win for early childhood efforts throughout the state, and will reap great rewards for the state's efforts to have every child reading on grade level by the end of third grade.

In a 2014 report, called «Opportunity Mississippi,» the governor wrote, «My «Third Grade Gate» literacy measure... will improve literacy achievement by ending social promotion of third grade students who are not reading on grade level... As this policy is fully implemented, we will gain a better understanding of how many children are struggling with literacy, and we will in turn be able to prove the need for additional resources.&rThird Grade Gate» literacy measure... will improve literacy achievement by ending social promotion of third grade students who are not reading on grade level... As this policy is fully implemented, we will gain a better understanding of how many children are struggling with literacy, and we will in turn be able to prove the need for additional resources.&rthird grade students who are not reading on grade level... As this policy is fully implemented, we will gain a better understanding of how many children are struggling with literacy, and we will in turn be able to prove the need for additional resources.»

This research supports the notion that reading proficiently by the end of third grade can be a «make - or - break» benchmark in a child's educational development.

Poor attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of third grade or be held back.

Reading First — A federal program focusing on proven methods of early reading instruction to ensure all children learn to read well by the end of third grade.

A child's ability to read on grade level by the end of third grade is a strong predictor of school performance, high school graduation, and college entry and graduation.

Despite initial gains, children who attended Tennessee's preschool program were doing no better than their peers by the end of third grade, according to the latest results of a multi-year study.

Research finds that if young children are chronically absent for more than one year, they are less likely to read proficiently by the end of third grade, and more likely to be retained in elementary school.

Robert Slavin and collegues have developed a program designed to ensure that every child in a school is reading on grade level by the end of the third grade (Slavin, Madden, Karweit, Livermon, & Dolan, 1990).

We can not significantly increase the nation's high school graduation rate unless and until we increase dramatically the number and proportion of children from low - income families who are reading on grade level by the end of third grade.

That's why there is so much attention on 3rd grade reading scores in our community and across the nation because if children are not on track by the end of third grade, their chances for success decrease substantially.

The report comes at a time when two - thirds of all American children are not reading at grade level by the end of Third Grade.

Word from a practitioner in the field: «We see the devastating impact of the differences in preschool and early learning opportunities when children arrive to kindergarten: almost half of children entering kindergarten do not yet have the predictive skills they need to be successful and joyful readers by the end of third grade.

The third law, P.L. 2 - 13, c 210, requires schools to screen any child who shows signs of dyslexia or other reading disabilities by the end of the first semester of second grade.

Children who are chronically absent in kindergarten and first grade are much less likely to read proficiently by the end of third grade and are more likely to have poor attendance in later grades.

Children who do not learn to read proficiently by the end of third grade are unlikely ever to read at grade level.

This annual gathering, held on November 13 in Orlando, FL., creates opportunities for leaders to exchange ideas on advancing the work of ensuring that children read at grade level by the end of third grade.

Children who have not developed solid skills by the end of the third grade are at a disadvantage for life.

Eye on Early Education focuses on the twin goals of ensuring that Massachusetts children have access to high - quality early education and become proficient readers by the end of third grade.

Children who are proficient readers by the end of third grade are more likely to graduate from high school and to be economically successful in adulthood.

Research from the reports found that children who read proficiently by the end of third grade are more likely to graduate from high school, are less likely to fall into poverty and are more likely to find a job that can adequately support their families.

Reading proficiency by the end of third grade is a critical benchmark in a child's educational development.

The outcomes include ensuring that children are born healthy, are developmentally on track from birth to third grade, are ready to succeed in school at the time of entry, and are reading proficiently by the end of the third grade.

Reading proficiency by the end of third grade... can be a make - or - break benchmark in a child's educational development.

Children in the delayed group entered kindergarten with higher reading and mathematics scores, yet achievement differences were negligible by the end of third grade.

The Target School Library Makeover program is part of Target's commitment to helping more children learn to read proficiently by the end of third grade.