Overview

• Half of NYC students failed reading tests last year, worsening an ongoing literacy crisis
• The new plan will require schools to adopt phonics-based curriculums supported by scientific evidence
• School districts must choose one of three curriculums selected by superintendents to implement next year
• The changes aim to reform outdated and ineffective reading strategies still used in many schools
• Public feedback is being solicited on the new literacy plan, the city's most significant reading overhaul in decades