Over 150,000 Kansas students have a limited ability to read says state assessment - The Sentinel

Over 150,000 Kansas students have a limited ability to read says state assessment - The Sentinel

More than 150,000 Kansas K-12 students will have a difficult time reading this story. Not because of the subject matter, but because they may be “functionally illiterate,” defined by dictionary.com as “a person with some basic education who still falls short of a minimum standard of literacy or whose reading and writing skills are inadequate to everyday needs.” That’s the alarming outcome of state assessments conducted in 2024. The map below sho…