Nearly a quarter of third graders did not pass the state’s reading test on their first try. Many are now in summer school, ...

More students, however, are at risk of retention this year. A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below ...

Eliminating third through eighth grade reading tests would likely have an additional good effect of freeing teachers to spend more time on history, science, art and music, which paradoxically ...

Both of these studies looked at Florida, a state that has had a 3rd grade reading policy on the books since 2003. In a 2017 study , researchers followed students who were retained in 3rd grade ...

The Third Grade Reading Guarantee isn’t the only literacy-related issue before lawmakers. The General Assembly is also studying DeWine’s budget proposal to transition all public school ...

The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies —requirements or recommendations that students who aren’t reading on grade ...

About 16,238 third graders failed South Carolina reading tests last year. That number has been nearly cut in half.

Veteran third-grade teacher Cindy Dilley noticed a transformation in one of her East Port Orchard Elementary students this winter after the class’s annual “To the Library” field trip.

Indiana could increase the number of students who are held back this year if they don’t pass the state’s IREAD test. Schools ...

The testing window for the IREAD-3 assessment opens in just a few days. Legislation passed last year requires 3rd grade students to be retained if they do not pass the Indiana reading assessment.

With the passage of the state’s two-year budget came changes to Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee, changes that represent a compromise between lawmakers’ dueling theories of how to boost ...

In January 2021, the legislature passed a law requiring third graders who score less than “met” or “exceeded expectations” on TN Ready tests to attend a summer reading camp or tutoring ...