The Importance of Your Child’s Reading Ability

What Does Your Child's READING ABILITY Mean for Their Future? The Reading Crisis How US literacy levels compare to other countries #24 #1 CHINA UNITED STATES ll 66% of U.S. fourth graders are not rending at grade level 34% of U.S. elghth Oders are reading at or 20% of high sehool seniors are considered functionally illiterate by the time they graduate The number of funetionally illiterate adults inereases by above grade level 2.25 million per year What Does the Future Hold? Amorican businossos and taxpayors pay an ostimatod $20 billion oach yoar due to illitoracy Studonts who don't read proficiontly by the 3rd grado are 4 times moro likoly to drop out of school The rate of low litoracy in the U.S. diroctly costs tho hoalthcaro industry ovor $70 million por yoar 43% of adults with the lowost litoracy live in poverty How to Help Classrooms scoro 28 points abovo the national avorago whon paront involvomont in roading is high. A child's paronts aro thoir most important reading rolo modols 15 minutos of daily roading can incroaso roading fluoncy and litoracy kttpa//ao.ad.gov/veya/plsa/pi2012/plaa201highlights Saup kttp//dasaterdpnt /data/tablea/s6-fourth-geide-readfng-achievemant-levelstdetaled/1/any/fal hetp://www.anf.ceg/old/eniy iliseraey.html http://woe.ed.gov/veya/plrta/ http://www.donmatiagaeg/lacta/11-faeta-about-litenacy-amurian p/www.t.cog/m/resoaroedoc/ADCF-Doublejeopardy-2012-J'ull.pdf LearningRx htho/www.Jaralag.om/hlp-for-adiag-peoblems-and-dydeada.tm kttp://www.adweek.com/galleyoat/reading-cn-boort-a-childa-ig-by-more-than-a-polata/65as bttp://schooldunilyedacation.com/top-10-waya/impeove-ceading-killa/s8320.htnlte0vra http://www.a rg/ t/lacts-about-childrena-lituraoytal train the brain. get smarter.