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What it will take to ensure literacy for all California students
August 18, 2022
After decades of underfunding its public schools, California's investments in equity and literacy are showing progress.
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Standardized tests continue to show that a majority of California students perform below grade level in measures of reading and literacy. The stakes are very high: research shows that students who aren’t reading at grade level by the third grade will struggle to catch up throughout their education career. California has recently launched an urgent effort to improve reading literacy for all children, especially in the early grades. Read more about this work in our special report, California's Reading Dilemma.
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