Despite decades-long efforts to improve literacy instruction, only 30% of fourth graders and 29% of eighth graders nationwide scored at or above proficiency in reading, with Black students being the most disadvantaged.
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Despite decades-long efforts to improve literacy instruction, only 30% of fourth graders and 29% of eighth graders nationwide scored at or above proficiency in reading, with Black students being the most disadvantaged.