Sentences with phrase «proficient by the fourth grade»

$ 12 million to fully fund the Excellent Public Schools Act, which includes tutoring funds for Read to Achieve so that students can become reading proficient by the fourth grade.

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By the beginning of fourth grade, the point at which we can accurately predict long - term learning outcomes, only 33 percent of American children are at proficient reading levels.

During the 2005 - 06 school year, 66 % of all students in third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and eleventh grade were proficient or advanced as measured by the Proficiency Assessment of Wyoming Students (PAWS).

Students who are not proficient in reading by fourth grade are significantly more likely to drop out; this highlights the sense of urgency we must have in our low - performing schools.

The percentage of fourth - grade suburbanites who are functionally illiterate in 2013, a mere one percent decline from both 2011 and 2007, when the U.S. Department of Education began breaking NAEP data by location of school and district; 39 percent of fourth - graders in suburban districts read at Proficient and Advanced levels, a mere one percent increase from both 2011 and 2007.

The National Assessment for Educational Progress has consistently found that about 34 % of American students are at proficient reading levels by the beginning of fourth grade, leaving 66 % reading at non-proficient levels as they move ahead into the upper grades.

In some poor, typically urban schools fewer than 10 % are proficient at reading and math by fourth grade, and yet these kids are pushed forward by the demand of a one - size - fits - all educational model to work within a curriculum that was designed for kids who are fully proficient in the learning content and skills that were «covered» in previous school years.