A national disgrace. Pure Child Abuse!-----‘Growing education crisis’: MI fourth grade reading levels drop, study finds

‘Growing education crisis’: MI fourth grade reading levels drop, study finds

• GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A new study out Tuesday shows reading scores for Michigan fourth graders are plummeting.
• Education Trust-Midwest ranked Michigan 43rd in the country for fourth grade reading, down from 32nd in 2019. The organization called fourth grade reading “an important predictor of future academic success.”
• The state is also in the bottom five for Black students and among the worst for low-income kids in fourth grade reading, according to the study...