Students read few—or no—books in top ELA programs, survey finds

Elementary students get little practice reading whole books in some of the country's most popular elementary reading curricula, shedding new light on national reading crisis

Included in today’s letter:

*Which widely-used ELA programs don’t include a single book in their scope and sequence;

*Which programs include lots of quality books—and why few schools are using them;

*Why so many students struggle to read a whole book.

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