Kindergarten Reading and Math Skills Strongly Predict 3rd Grade Academic Success, New NWEA Study Finds

A study released by research and assessment company NWEA on Thursday indicates that educators can predict, as early as kindergarten, whether students will achieve reading and math proficiency by 3rd grade. The research found that only 1 in 10 of the lowest-performing kindergarteners reached proficiency by 3rd grade, emphasizing the importance of early identification and intervention.