{"id":23841,"date":"2025-03-31T16:53:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amplify.com\/research-brief\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T22:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T22:05:13","slug":"research-brief","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amplify.com\/research-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Brief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-amplify-blocks-container-block has-animation overflow-visible container-full-width\" style=\"padding:100px 0px;background-color:#ffffff;background-image:none;background-position:center;background-size:cover\"><div class=\"container decorative-container\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-amplify-blocks-columns\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row  justify-content-between \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-amplify-blocks-column  col-md-5 d-flex flex-column justify-content-start\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-amplify-font-family has-border-color has-666666-border-color mb-none h2\" id=\"h-reading-scores-show-slow-but-steady-improvement-in-early-grades\">Reading scores show slow\u2014but steady\u2014 improvement in early grades.<\/h1><div class=\"component-underline__wrapper\"><div class=\"component-underline__item mt-small mb-small\" style=\"width:40px;border-bottom-width:3px;border-color:#666666\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-amplify-font-family mb-none landing font-amplify\">The most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/amplify.com\/pdf\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mCLASS_BOY_Report_2452550_101325.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">beginning-of-year data<\/a> show overall progress in reading readiness for K\u20132 students. Insights show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-amplify-font-family mb-small gray list-style-default font-amplify normal\">\n<li>More young readers are on track and fewer are far behind than at any time since the pandemic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>K\u20132 students who are far behind at the beginning of the school year, but on track by the end of the year, are likely to stay on track through third grade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overall, fewer than half of K\u20132 students are on track to learn to read, a troubling national trend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amplify-blocks-column  col-md-7 d-flex flex-column justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"amplify-image\" data-src=\"\" data-lightbox-is-active=\"false\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/amplify.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/A_Website_ResearchBrief_Hero_022525-1-1024x784.webp\" alt=\"An adult helps a child read a book at a table. The child is writing, and the adult is smiling. The setting resembles a classroom, with windows in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-59139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amplify.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/A_Website_ResearchBrief_Hero_022525-1-1024x784.webp 1024w, https:\/\/amplify.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/A_Website_ResearchBrief_Hero_022525-1-300x230.webp 300w, https:\/\/amplify.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/A_Website_ResearchBrief_Hero_022525-1-768x588.webp 768w, https:\/\/amplify.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/A_Website_ResearchBrief_Hero_022525-1-1536x1176.webp 1536w, https:\/\/amplify.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/A_Website_ResearchBrief_Hero_022525-1.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amplify-blocks-container-block has-animation overflow-visible container-full-width\" style=\"padding:100px 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year-over-year improvement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-amplify-font-family mb-small landing font-amplify\">Fewer than half of K\u20132 students are on track to learn to read, more than at any time since the pandemic, but not surpassing 2019\u201320 early reading levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-amplify-font-family mb-small landing font-amplify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amplify.com\/pdf\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mCLASS_BOY_Report_2452550_101325.pdf#page=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"cta-link\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amplify-blocks-slide swiper-slide amplify-slide\"><div class=\"amplify-slide__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1421\" height=\"1274\" class=\"wp-image-70235\" src=\"https:\/\/amplify.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/A_Corporate_BrandBOY_Report_LP_Carousel3_102325.png\" alt=\"Bar chart showing 67% of Kindergarten and 64% of Grade 1 students who caught up during the school year were successful at grade 3 by year-end.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amplify.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/A_Corporate_BrandBOY_Report_LP_Carousel3_102325.png 1421w, https:\/\/amplify.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/A_Corporate_BrandBOY_Report_LP_Carousel3_102325-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/amplify.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/A_Corporate_BrandBOY_Report_LP_Carousel3_102325-1024x918.png 1024w, https:\/\/amplify.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/A_Corporate_BrandBOY_Report_LP_Carousel3_102325-768x689.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1421px) 100vw, 1421px\" \/><div class=\"amplify-slide__text\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-amplify-font-family has-border-color has-666666-border-color mb-small\" id=\"h-early-progress-and-later-outcomes\">Early progress and later outcomes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-amplify-font-family mb-small landing font-amplify\">Students who began K\u20132 far behind in learning to read but caught up by the end of their grade were more 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