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How evidence is informing solutions to South Africa’s early grade reading crisis

In 2011, a pre-PIRLS assessment showed that less than half the children could read any language at the end of primary school.3 South African students’ performance, particularly in home languages, significantly lagged behind that of their peers in the region, as well as globally. This is worrying because reading proficiency by the end of third grade can be a make-or-break milestone. Whilst most children are learning to read through grade 3, by grade 4, they are using these skills to learn other subjects.4