4K Under (False) Attack Again by State Senator

by Kids Forward | April 28, 2011

Home 9 Early Care and Education 9 4K Under (False) Attack Again by State Senator ( Page 7 )

In an April 26 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article, “State ranks 6th in prekindergarten access,” Senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) was quoted as saying, “As Wisconsin has added more 4-year-old kindergartens, our fourth-grade reading scores have plummeted.” The graph below clearly shows that his assertion is completely false. 4th grade reading test scores for Wisconsin as a whole have stayed steady, with 80% or more 4th graders at advanced or proficient reading levels.

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