Published: January 6, 2005

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4th grade performance on the 2003 NAEP reading exam: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “The Nation’s Report Card: Reading Highlights 2003,” November 2003.

Percent of 4th grade students who scored “proficient” or above on state reading tests in the 2002-03 school year: Data gathered from www.schoolresults.org and state department of education Web sites, November 2004. If states did not offer tests at grade 4 in 2003, the Education Week Research Center accepted test results from the...

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