Reading scores climb after targeted intervention at California's worst-performing schools

This study shows we can eradicate illiteracy at warp speed, said Mark Rosenbaum, an attorney behind the lawsuit that spurred the state's Early Literacy Support Block Grant program. I wasn't surprised at the results. But I was impressed with the speed, especially during a pandemic.

Far too many students in California, especially those who are Black, Latino and low-income, were not learning to read, with disastrous results, the lawsuit said. Students who can't read well by fourth grade are significantly more likely to drop out of school and engage in risky behavior as adolescents, research has shown.

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