For example, a sixth grader with
second grade reading skills would need to be monitored using either second or third grade level material.
For black and Latino students, the combined effect of poverty and poor third -
grade reading skills made the dropout rate eight times greater.
One in six children who are not reading proficiently in third grade fail to graduate from high school on time, four times the rate for children with proficient
third grade reading skills.
In 2000, the National Reading Panel issued a landmark report focusing on the critical years of kindergarten through
third grade reading skills.
One in six children who are not reading proficiently in third grade fail to graduate from high school on time, four times the rate for children with proficient third -
grade reading skills.
Hernandez, Donald (2011) Double Jeopardy: How third -
grade reading skills and poverty influence high school graduation.
But education experts and state officials highlight that third
grade reading skills were important long before the state instituted a high - stakes test.