Hays County joins early reading program

Hays and Caldwell counties join Start Smart Texas, a statewide movement to increase early reading proficiency.

National tests show that more than half of all Texas fourth graders, many of whom are from low-income families, are not reading proficiently. Each of the communities in the Start Smart Texas network has committed to targeting early literacy as an urgent priority and developed a comprehensive action plan to put its youngest citizens on a path to success.

Start Smart Texas is a partnership between the United Ways of Texas and Texas PBS created to support Texas communities that are part of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, as well as other Texas cities, to achieve improved reading scores across our state.