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Pediatricians could help with childhood literacy rates
Screenings launched in 2022 reached over 2,400 children to identify early reading struggles and provide literacy kits and personalized plans for families.
- In Columbus, Nationwide Children’s Hospital began screening children age 3 during pediatric visits, launching the program in 2022 with more than 2,400 screenings conducted.
- With concerns rising about lagging literacy, KRA data show more than 63% of Columbus City Schools kindergarteners were behind in 2024-2025, while NAEP 2024 reports just above 30% national fourth-grade proficiency and a 4-point decline since 2019.
- Using a book-based tool, literacy coordinators assess children in English or Spanish in about half of 13 clinics; assessments take about 10 minutes and include donated kits, personalized plans, and referrals to Head Start or the SPARK program.
- Hospital staff say visits are opportunities to model simple reading activities, and Juri, now 4, made gains and enrolled in preschool with coordinator support.
- While developmental screenings are routine, literacy-specific checks in clinics remain uncommon, and almost three-fourths of children in the bottom 20% at kindergarten stay there through fifth grade, The Children’s Reading Foundation says.
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By MAKIYA SEMINERA For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don't begin in the kindergarten classroom, but rather in the doctor's office. Amid growing concern about declining childhood literacy rates nationwide, Nationwide Children's Hospital has begun assessing children's reading and writing skills as early as age 3 during pediatrician visits. The idea is to detect reading difficulties early and guide parents on how to hel…
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US childhood literacy rates are lagging. Pediatricians could be part of the solution
Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has started checking literacy skills during pediatric visits for kids as young as 3.
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