This presentation focuses on third grade reading success, highlighting evidence of disparities and gaps between low- and high-risk students and providing evidence on why grade level reading is important. It highlights four strategies to improve third grade reading success: convince parents and early childhood teachers that there’s an urgent problem, invest in high-quality early childhood programs, reduce chronic absenteeism, and combat summer learning loss. Tom Schultz gave this presentation to the Ohio 3rd Grade Reading Guarantee Early Childhood Work Group.
