{"id":11238,"date":"2014-03-27T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=11238"},"modified":"2014-03-26T13:28:32","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T17:28:32","slug":"are-you-in-the-top-or-bottom-10-check-out-the-best-worst-reading-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/are-you-in-the-top-or-bottom-10-check-out-the-best-worst-reading-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You in the Top (or Bottom) 10? Check Out the Best &#038; Worst Reading States!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Are%20You%20in%20the%20Top%20%28or%20Bottom%29%2010%3F%20Check%20Out%20the%20Best%20%26%20Worst%20Reading%20States%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/literatenation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/0315-best-worst-readingstates.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: right;\" alt=\"Best and worst reading states from Literate Nation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/best.worst.readingstates.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a>Do you know how the U.S. stacks up in literacy and education? Find out at <a href=\"http:\/\/literatenation.org\/ln-publications\/literacy-and-education-reports\/other_important_reports\/rankings\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Literate Nation<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Nation\u2019s Report Card affirms that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4 percent<\/strong> of\u00a0U.S. 8th grade students are reading at the \u201cAdvanced\u201d level<\/li>\n<li><strong>31 percent<\/strong> of\u00a0U.S. 8th grade students are reading at the \u2018Proficient\u201d level<\/li>\n<li><strong>65 percent<\/strong> U.S. 8th students are reading at the \u201cBasic, Below-basic or Chronically-below-basic\u201d levels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the best and the worse states for reading. Is your state on the <a href=\"http:\/\/literatenation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/0315-best-worst-readingstates.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Top 10 list<\/span><\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/literatenation.org\/ln-publications\/literacy-and-education-reports\/other_important_reports\/rankings\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Get the facts and the rankings from Literate Nation!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find out where your state ranks and let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How do American 15-year-olds stack up to their global competitors?\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/literatenation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/OECD-Charts-final6.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">NOT WELL.<\/span><\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know how the U.S. stacks up in literacy and education? Find out at Literate Nation. 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