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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of 8th-graders with reading skills at or above the proficient level — AH‑R04

Status: Research

  
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Increase the proportion of 8th grade students whose reading skills are at or above the proficient achievement level for their grade

Summary

This objective currently has research status, meaning it is a high-priority public health issue that doesn’t yet have evidence-based interventions developed to address it. It may or may not have reliable baseline data available. If both baseline data and evidence-based interventions become available, this objective may become a core Healthy People 2030 objective.

Topics:  Adolescents , Child and Adolescent Development, Education Access and Quality, Schools

Workgroup: Adolescent Health Workgroup

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