ABOUT BOOK

In 2007 Hawaiʻi’s P–20 Partnerships for Education launched the P–3 initiative, which aimed to have every child reading at grade level by third grade. RAND’s five-year evaluation examined implementation of statewide and five community plans in six P–3 focus areas and analyzed third-grade reading scores on state reading test. More years of P–3 exposure raised reading scores modestly but significantly and increased likelihood of scoring proficient.