Dropout rates for students with disabilities

(NC rate = 43%)

16%

to 84%

of North Carolina’s 4th graders

score below proficient in reading (2016 NAEP scores). Nationally
the figure is 66% (for
African-American 4th graders
in NC, 74% are below proficient; Hispanic students in NC, 75%)

of school-aged children have reading problems;

among low income families, the number is likely higher

Children do not outgrow poor reading

74%

of poor readers in 3rd grade are

still poor readers in 9th grade.

The gap widens over time.

of juvenile offenders have a reading difficulty​

And now the good news:

90%

of poor readers increase their reading ability to an age-appropriate, average skill level with early intensive 

intervention like Augustine tutoring 

tutors trained in the Triangle this year

schools served 

active tutors

10

replication chapters

Winston-Salem

Charlotte

Hickory

Sanford

Brevard

Burlington

Burke County

Cashiers

Atlanta, GA

Upstate, SC