According to a 2023 report by the Ed Trust NY, less than 40% of all Monroe County students in grades 3-8 are proficient in reading, with significantly lower rates for students with disabilities, those from low-income backgrounds and students who are Black or Latinx.
A 2024 national assessment, also by the Ed Trust NY, indicates that 72% of New York City fourth-graders were reading below grade level.
Brooklyn state Assemblymember Bobby Carroll, chair of the Assembly Committee on Libraries and Education Technology, wants to change that calculus. He has sent a letter to the New York state Board of Regents asking it to mandate that public schools in the state utilize science-based reading curricula, rather than the approach that about 40% currently utilize…