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More than half of Michigan third graders fail in reading

DATE: August 29, 2019

According to 2019 results of the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress released on Thursday by the Michigan Department of Education, 54.9% of third graders — or 55,336 students — scored less than proficient on the English language arts test. That’s a modest improvement compared with 55.6% last year.

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