Six Percent Of Trenton Third Graders Read At Grade Level. Here Is What That Means.

Six Percent Of Trenton Third Graders Read At Grade Level. Here Is What That Means.

In Trenton Public Schools, according to the New Jersey Department of Education, six percent of third-graders read at grade level. That means out of the 1,176 Trenton students who took the state standardized third grade reading test last spring, only 70 reached proficiency; 1,106 students were unable to read a story without pictures, pull out the main idea, and decode unfamiliar words. Statistically, says Chad Aldeman, only five percent of those …

Six Percent of Trenton Third Graders Read At Grade Level. Here Is What That Means.

Out of the 1,176 Trenton students who took the state standardized third grade reading test last spring, only 70 reached proficiency;