Did you know...
1 %
of children entering kindergarten lack the basic language skills needed to learn how to read. i
1 %
of children from economically disadvantaged communities lose reading skills over the summer because they lack access to books. ii
1 %
of fourth graders read at or below the basic level and only 35% of fourth graders read at or above recommended reading levels. ii
i. Council on Early Childhood. (2014). Literacy promotion: An essential component of primary care pediatric practice. Pediatrics, 134(2): 404–409; ii. U.S. Department of Education, “The Nation’s Report Card,” 2013. https://thencbla.org/literacy-resources/statistics/; iii. Alexander, K. L., Entwisle, D. R., and Olson, L. S. (2007). Lasting consequences of the summer learning gap. American Sociological Review, 72 (4): 167–180.;
