Instapundit - In my home state of California, for instance, only 30% of public school fourth graders can read proficiently.

Eighth graders, as you might expect, look almost as bad. - Ed Driscoll

POINT: Newsom 2028!
Counterpoint: “In California, only 28% of Black fourth graders read at or above basic level, for instance, compared to 52% in Mississippi.”

In my home state of California, for instance, only 30% of public school fourth graders can read proficiently. Fully 41% cannot even read at a basic level — which is to say, they cannot really understand and interpret written text at all. Eighth graders, as you might expect, look almost as bad.

As Iowahawk notes: