On June 1, Second Lady Usha Vance launched her literacy initiative called the Summer Reading Challenge, which seeks to improve childhood literacy among students in kindergarten through 8th grade, the ages which are the most vital to literacy education and improvement.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reported a decline in reading proficiency, with 2023 scores for 13-year-olds dropping 4 points compared to 2020, and 9-year-olds scoring 5 points lower than in 2020.
Only 43% of U.S. fourth graders scored at or above proficient in reading, with stark disparities by race: 17% of Black students and 21% of Latino students reached proficiency compared to higher rates for White and Asian students.
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Author: Joe Weber
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