Report: Here’s Why 40% of Fourth Graders Can’t Read at a Basic Level

A report from a teacher effectiveness organization on how well the nation implements best practices to help students learn how to read found that 19 states do not currently implement critical policies to promote literacy. The National Council on Teacher Quality report shows that precisely half of states do not have “specific guidelines to teacher prep programs about what they should teach aspiring teachers in reading.” The issue comes as the debate over the science of reading has seen a resurgence in state legislatures as lawmakers hope to improve literacy rates.