A Checklist Approach to Reading ... of the 1st and 2nd graders who were in our program at the beginning of the school year, less than 25 percent achieved grade-level proficiency in reading by the ...

40 percent — The number of first grade students “well below grade level” in reading in 2020, compared with 27 percent in 2019, according to Amplify Education Inc. First grade in particular — “the ...