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What do you think about how your children are learning to read? We want to talk with you.

Is there anything you’d share with other parents about your child’s reading education?

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A student writes with a pencil as he wears a face mask at his desk.
First-grader Ke’Marion Brown practices writing letters in class Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, at Hackett Elementary School in Beloit, Wis. Angela Major/WPR

Students in Wisconsin had two years of disrupted learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s heightened concerns about Wisconsin’s low reading scores on national assessments — only about 36 percent of Wisconsin fourth graders scored at or above proficient in reading on the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress.

A bill to assess kids’ reading skills more frequently was vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers this month, but it generated heated debate about whether the state is doing enough to build kids’ reading skills.

WPR’s WHYsconsin wants to talk to you about how your children are learning to read. What do you want to know about the process? Is there anything you’d share with other parents about your child’s reading education?

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