claim: "two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level."
author: marco rubio
evidence_1: jan 1, 2010 ... in this report, you'll learn. 1. why reading by fourth grade is critical to our  economy. 2. what social factors contribute to kids not reading on time. 3. what  collective and cumulative efforts can help kids read. 4. how we can make grade- level reading a national priority.
evidence_2: apr 8, 2011 ... a study to be released this morning at the american educational research  association convention here in new orleans presents an even earlier warning  sign: a student who can't read on grade level by 3rd grade is four times less likely  to graduate by age 19 than a child who does read proficiently by that ...
evidence_3: apr 4, 2017 ... the campaign for grade-level reading identifies third grade as a key moment  in a child's reading development. but why? “research by ... “if a child can't read  sufficiently by third grade, every other item that is taught or presented to them  after that point is hard to consume as knowledge.” eighty percent of ...
evidence_4: to. learn. learning. to. read. early warning! why reading by the end of  third grade matters. a kids count special report from the annie e. casey  foundation ... our colleagues at casey family services also .... free or reduced- price lunches are offered to students with incomes below 185% of the poverty  level.
evidence_5: our mission. to guide educators at all levels of through the process of creating  schools which excel in developing students' language and literacy skills. 123 ...  but nearly two thirds of american children can't read by the end of third grade and  fall further behind their peers with each passing year. these kids stand a much ...