3,888 (43.7%) Madison 4k to 3rd graders scored below the 25th percentile in a 2024-2025 national literacy comparison group.
The Wisconsin average is 37% or 97,414 students. Note that Madison plans to spend > $28K per student during the 2025-2026 school year.
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I asked a prominent MIT “ai” professor to discuss our k-12 literacy results and prompt quality at a Madison event earlier in 2026. His response: “I’m not going to answer that question because I want to stay positive“.
Legislation and Reading: The Wisconsin Experience, 2004–.
I look forward to discussing Madison’s literacy challenge and what might be done about it on Monday, August 3, 2026.