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Oklahoma City Schools Launch Plan To Improve Third Grade Reading Skills

Mark Twain Elementary second grade teacher Elizabeth Clarke staples together work from two of her second-grade students in this 2013 photo.
Chase Cook
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Oklahoma Watch

The Oklahoma City School District is launching new programs to help third-grade students after state assessments showed low scores in reading.  

Test scores released last week found that 27 percent of Oklahoma City public school third-graders scored unsatisfactory on the state reading test. Students could be held back unless they receive an exemption or get higher scores when they retake the tests.

Interim Superintendent Dave Lopez says up to 259 students could qualify for exemptions — many of whom who are special education students or who have English as a second language.

Lopez says the district is notifying parents of their student's performance and scheduling individual parent-teacher conferences for every third-grade student. Programs aimed at improving reading skills will be offered this summer.

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