Grade 3 students lagging on reading
Almost half score below proficient; overhaul sought
Almost half of Massachusetts third-graders are not proficient readers, a sobering statistic in a new report that calls for an overhaul of reading programs across the state to reach children at an early age.
“We know that we’re not doing a good enough job,’’ said Nonie Lesaux, the study’s lead author and researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. “We know that a lot of dollars are being spent. But the data would suggest that we’re not having nearly the impact that we ought to be having.’’
Third-grade reading proficiency is an indicator of later academic success, Lesaux said, and a large majority of children who struggle with reading in the third
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