Wisconsin lawmakers are turning their focus to reading in public schools this week.
Both the Assembly and Senate Education Committees will hold a hearing Thursday to get expert testimony from the state’s Department of Public Instruction and literacy experts at the University of Wisconsin. The latest test scores show most kids in Wisconsin cannot read or write at grade level, and several studies show more and more kids cannot read properly by the fourth grade. Lawmakers have been working for years to find an agreement on how to reverse those numbers, and get more kids where they need to be when it comes to reading.
