Mrs. Jennifer Silvera, Dr. Maureen Byfield and Mrs. Novelette McLean Francis, Literacy Advisors to USAID/ Jamaica Basic Education Project, were the moderators for the first Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress E dicussion, EduExchange, in 2011. The E discussion was held between February 1 and 3 and the discussants were called upon to identify factors that impact students' performance on the Grade Four Literacy Test (GFLT), and useful strategies that could be used to improve the performance of the one third of students who are currently failing the examination.