One in three Minnesota fourth graders cannot read at a “basic” level for their grade, according to 2022 reading test results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
Reading scores dropped during the disrupted learning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the number of kids who can’t read or read well has been growing for years.
The question is, why do so many children struggle?
In a new podcast, “Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong,” America Public Media reporter and producer Emily Hanford looks for answers. She digs into the idea about how children learn to read that’s held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago.
