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No Gains in Reading For Most Colorado Third-Graders

The Denver Post

Third-grade reading scores have barely budged over the years in Colorado, where almost a third of students cannot read at grade level, according to the latest release by the Colorado Department of Education. For the second year in a row, 71 percent of Colorado's third-graders were rated "proficient" or "advanced" on the Colorado Student Assessment Program test — meaning they are reading at or above grade level.

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