Gov. Scott Walker issued an executive order Thursday, creating a reading task force to guarantee all Wisconsin students learn to read by the third grade.
""As it stands today, nearly one third of all Wisconsin students cannot read at a third grade level, and that is simply unacceptable,""
Walker said in a statement. ""This initiative's sole focus will be to ensure that every Wisconsin student can read proficiently by the end of the third grade so that they have the opportunity to succeed.""
The task force will bring together legislators, educational administrators and teachers to define the means of assessment used to determine whether or not a child has sufficient reading ability to move on to the fourth grade.
However, Walker notes in his press release, ""there must be a limit on how many times a student can be held back. No student will be held in third grade indefinitely.""
