We are in a literacy crisis in New Mexico. The most recent NAEP results revealed that more than half of New Mexico’s 4th graders (52%) score below basic in reading and are over 14 percentage points behind the national average. State assessment results show that only 1 in 3 students in New Mexico are proficient readers.

Our literacy toolkit will help you better understand New Mexico’s literacy crisis and provide you with information you can use to ensure your child receives the reading instruction they need to succeed.. This toolkit contains easy steps you can take to support your child’s literacy development and resources to guide your child’s reading this summer.

This is the perfect resource to utilize to end the school year with all the information you need to support your student’s literacy journey this summer.

Publish date: May 2023 Number of pages: 7