With the start of the 2026-2027 school year, third graders who do not meet reading level standards could be held back unless parents intervene, according to a new policy from the Maryland Board of ...

More than 1 in 3 children in kindergarten through grade 3 have little chance of reading on grade level by the end of the school year without major and systemic interventions.

Overall, student scores declined slightly in reading — less than one percentage point — with 46.7% achieving state learning standards for their grade, compared with 47.1% the year before.

DISD saw gains in the percentage of students meeting grade-level expectations, and these achievements should be celebrated.

After 545 of Michigan's third-graders were held back in the 2022-23 school year for poor reading scores, Democrats are hoping to change the law.

Instead, standards are proposed to be grouped by “grade bands” with multiple grades: K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12. The number of standards for each grade band is less than what’s now required.

South Africa’s literacy crisis is deepening, with the latest 2030 Reading Panel report highlighting that 80% of grade 3 pupils still cannot read for meaning.

New papers rehash debates around whether the common-core reading standards represent—or discourage—"developmentally appropriate" teaching practice for young children.

Instead, standards are proposed to be grouped by “grade bands” with multiple grades: K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12. The number of standards for each grade band is less than what’s now required.

3.9% of students were "advanced" compared to grade-level standards 15.3% of students were "meeting" grade-level expectations 26.7% of students were "approaching" expectations, but not meeting them ...