MA Third Grade Reading Bill Becomes Law
September 27, 2012 by Irene Sege
Governor Patrick signs An Act Relative to Third Grade Reading Proficiency at Robin Hood Elementary School in Stoneham. Pictured in back row, left to right, Strategies for Children President Carolyn Lyons, Nonie Lesaux of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Representative Jason Lewis, Early Education for All Campaign Director Amy O’Leary, Representative Alice Peisch, Early Education and Care Commissioner Sherri Killins, Representative Marty Walz and Senator Katherine Clark.
An Act Relative to Third Grade Reading Proficiency, which the Massachusetts Legislature approved with substantial bipartisan support, is now law. Governor Deval Patrick signed the bill yesterday at a ceremony in the library of the Robin Hood Elementary School in Stoneham, surrounded by third graders. (Read the news release from the governor’s office.)
An Act Relative to Third Grade Reading Proficiency represents an important step in ensuring that children in Massachusetts achieve this critical educational benchmark. It would establish an Early Literacy Expert Panel to advise state education agencies on the alignment, coordination and implementation – from early education and care through the primary grades — of language-rich