Shani Page was 16 when she dropped out of high school. “My grades were bad,” she said. “My attendance was bad. The teachers ain’t have no faith in me. So ...

More students, however, are at risk of retention this year. A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below grade level on recent spring reading tests, new state data shows. That’s ...

No Alabama school district had all of their third or second graders reading on grade level in 2022-23, a basic indicator for student success in future grades.

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

A middle-school teacher shared that his eighth-grade class purposefully dropped their reading level to second grade in order to get easier lessons. Unfortunately, while there are "no real ...

AL.com analyzed the latest 2025 spring reading scores for third- and second-grade students. In two districts, every single third grader was reading on grade level. But in others, more than one in ...

For the past three springs — in 2022, 2023 and 2024 — 23% of DPS K-3 students were reading significantly below grade level, up from 16% in the spring of 2019, according to district data.