Arizona Poor Students Closing Reading Test Gap with Higher-Income Kids

A recent federal education report shows that Arizona is one of the few states that has narrowed the achievement gap in reading between higher- and lower- income students.

The Nation’s Report Card released last month by the US Education Department says that lower-income students that are eligible for free or reduced cost school lunches improved their reading scores while scores for better-off students remained steady.

But whatever income category or grade the students who took the test were in, Arizona’s reading scores are still among the 10 worst in the country.