Oklahoma Students Head Back to School with Focus on Literacy

Oklahoma Voice: Oklahoma students head back to school with focus on literacy

OKLAHOMA CITY — Hundreds of thousands of Oklahoma children returned to school this week for their first academic year under strict new literacy laws. It will be their final school year before reading scores carry even higher stakes.

Oklahoma students head back to school with focus on literacy

OKLAHOMA CITY — Hundreds of thousands of Oklahoma children returned to school this week for their first academic year under strict new literacy laws. It will be their final school year before reading scores carry even higher stakes.

Oklahoma students head back to school with focus on literacy • Oklahoma Voice

Families enter Adelaide Lee Elementary on Tuesday, the first day of school, in Oklahoma City Public Schools. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY — Hundreds of thousands of Oklahoma children returned to school this week for their first academic year under strict new literacy laws. It will be their final school year before reading scores carry even higher stakes. More than 21,100 Oklahoma third graders, or 44%, scored below …