let me close by saying, if a student cannot read at a fourth grade level, I guarantee that he or she is going to have a difficult time doing math and science. Yet, we find that fourth grade scores were flat from 1992 to 1998 in reading. We find that 38 percent scored below basic in fourth-grade reading. That is the same as it was in 1992. We know that 58 percent who have received free and reduced price lunches cannot read at fourth grade level.
Discussing literacy rates among fourth graders and their impact on learning in math and science.
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