. . . the Utah State Legislature’s Education Interim Committee spent much of their July meeting discussing the topic of early grade reading and math proficiency. Early childhood education is a proven strategy to improve student achievement in reading and math, especially for at-risk populations. Members of the committee were informed that students who have lived in poverty and are not proficient readers by the end of third grade are three times more likely to drop out before earning a high school diploma . . .
Research presented by the Utah Foundation suggests that lessons may be learned from our neighbors in Colorado. Colorado has made a substantial commitment to state funded preschools and to full-day kindergarten. This is widely considered to be a contributing factor in Colorado’s strong rankings among states on measures of reading and math proficiency.
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