Reading Proficiency
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1 min readJul 16, 2015
From 1999 to 2012, the reading proficiency rate for 17-year-olds remained nearly unchanged, declining by 1 point on a 500-point scale.
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Additional Resources
- Does Spending More on Education Improve Academic Achievement? http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2008/09/does-spending-more-on-education-improve-academic-achievement
- How Escalating Education Spending Is Killing Crucial Reform http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/10/how-escalating-education-spending-is-killing-crucial-reform
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