A rizona has launched a five-year strategic plan to raise 72% of all third graders reading proficiency by 2030, aiming to reverse a troubling post-pandemic decline in literacy.

The Arizona Literacy Plan 2030 outlines key drivers, evidence-based strategies, and specific actions to reach that goal.

Led by Read On Arizona in partnership with the Arizona Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and other organizations, the plan comes in response to sobering data from the Education Progress Meter by the Center for the Future of Arizona.

Only 39% of third graders are currently reading proficiently, a 7% decline from 2019.

In 2024, over half of Arizona third graders scored only “minimally proficient” in state English Language Arts assessments.

According to a report commiss

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