• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 38% of all fourth grade students are “below basic” reading skills. They are at or below the 40th percentile for their age group.
• In minority and high poverty schools, 70-80% have inadequate reading skills.
• Nationwide 20% of the elementary school population is struggling with reading. This is at a clear risk for academic failure and in need of remedial intervention or specialized instruction.
• National Center for Education statistics, 5% of all adults are “non-literate”.
• 20-25% of the adult population can only read at the lowest level.
• 62% dropped out of high school.
• SLD 80% have reading difficulty and 85% of those are Dyslexic.
• 30 % of Dyslexic children also have at least a mild form of AD/HD.