U.S. Fourth-Graders Lag Behind Other Countries in Reading Statement by Jeanne Allen, Founder and CEO, the Center for Education Reform
December 12, 2017
December 12, 2017
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The Center for Education Reform issued the following news release:
The latest report on the deteriorating condition of U.S. fourth-graders' reading proficiency is infuriating and depressing but a trend that is not at all surprising. The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) has been administered every five years since 2001 and the fact that, as U.S. News reports, "Reading comprehension among fourth-grade students has flat-lined&quo . . .
The latest report on the deteriorating condition of U.S. fourth-graders' reading proficiency is infuriating and depressing but a trend that is not at all surprising. The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) has been administered every five years since 2001 and the fact that, as U.S. News reports, "Reading comprehension among fourth-grade students has flat-lined&quo . . .