Increase the proportion of 4th-graders with reading skills at or above the proficient level — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Getting worse

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Most Recent Data:
35.3 percent (2019)

Target:
41.5 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
36.6 percent of 4th grade students attending public and private schools had reading skills at or above the proficient achievement level for their grade in 2017

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Fourth graders whose reading skills are at or above grade level, 2017-2019
(percent)

Increase desired

Population	2017	2019
Total	36.6 CI 35.9 / 37.2 SE 0.307	35.3 CI 34.8 / 35.9 SE 0.274

Data Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), ED/NCES

Fourth graders whose reading skills are at or above grade level by

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Increase the proportion of 4th-graders with reading skills at or above the proficient level — AH‑05 Data

Status: Getting worse

Fourth graders whose reading skills are at or above grade level, 2017-2019
(percent)

Increase desired

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Increase the proportion of 4th-graders with reading skills at or above the proficient level — AH‑05 Data

Status: Getting worse

Fourth graders whose reading skills are at or above grade level, 2017-2019 (percent) Increase desired

Fourth graders whose reading skills are at or above grade level, 2017-2019
(percent)

Increase desired