80% of low-income fourth graders and
66% of all fourth graders are not
proficient in reading

(National Assessment of Educational Progress NAEP 2013)

Students who don’t read proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to leave school without a diploma than proficient readers

(Double Jeopardy-The Annie E. Casey Foundation).)

86% of African American boys can’t read proficiently in fourth grade

(National Assessment of Educational Progress NAEP 2013)