District Improvement Team

Letter to the Editor: Is your child becoming a proficient reader in school? Statistics would say no

February 5, 2023 | By Dr. Todd Porter

Pre-pandemic 2019 Quincy Public Schools Illinois Report Card Data compiled by Wirepoints shows only 25.9 percent of third grade students met or exceeded grade level reading standards, while reading proficiency in Black students fell to only 3.1 percent. Updated Report Card data for 2021 shows further declines statewide. Unfortunately, this literacy tragedy is not unique to QPS but…