Study: Reading Problems Can Flag Potential Dropouts

"Double Jeopardy: How Poverty & Third-Grade Reading Skills Influence High School Graduation"

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 reads proficiently by that time, according to a new study Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader . Add poverty to the mix, the report concludes, and a student is 13 times less likely to graduate on time than his or her...

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