Baltimore, MD - Feb. 29, 2024 - According to the study, 23 percent of below-basic third grade readers will likely drop out of high school. For comparison, nine percent of children with basic reading skills and four percent of proficient readers will likely drop out of high school.
The report then looked at Maryland’s prison population and found 57 percent of inmates under age 25 were high school dropouts.
“We want to make sure that we can get as many of our third graders reading by the end of the year as possible,” said Mitchell.
If that’s the goal, the question then becomes, how is it accomplished?... Read More: FOX45