Actually, the percentage of third graders reading “on grade level” isn’t 91%. It’s 77%, according to test results the state department of education provided to AL.com.

He missed a good part of second grade, too. So, like most of his classmates at his Atlanta school, he isn’t reading at the level expected for a third grader. And that poses an urgent problem.

Now only seven of the 19 students are below grade level in reading. Of the students who are still behind, Gilbert-Jackson is the least worried about one: Michael Crowder.

Low IQ students learn to read at 1st-grade level after persistent, intensive instruction Date: May 21, 2014 Source: Southern Methodist University Summary: Children identified as intellectually ...