Even now, high school graduates often read at a fourth-grade level and understand only rudimentary math, according to state education officials.

The son, who is 33, has a learning disability and cannot read beyond a fourth-grade level.

Now, though, he is reading almost at a fourth-grade level.

"Even with these gains, we have one out of two students that are not fluent readers at the fourth-grade level."

Beginning with the 2012 academic year, the Choir School added a fourth-grade level.

In the 1940's, it was reading at a fourth-grade level.

Millions of Americans cannot read and write above a fourth-grade level.

The average deaf 18-year-old American cannot read above the fourth-grade level.

There's never been a test at the fourth-grade level before.

Both boys are given partial scholarships, though they read at a fourth-grade level.