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Early Reading and Scientifically-Based Research
Title I Directors' Conference
February 2003
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Why is High Quality-Preschool Important?
68% of low-income 4th graders cannot read at the proficient level. (NAEP, 2000)
90% chance that a poor reader at the end of 1st grade will be a poor reader at the end of 4th grade. (Juel, 1988)
A majority of reading problems can be prevented in preschool and the early grades. (NRC, 1998)