SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading ...

About 23% of Louisiana third graders were at risk of being held back last spring due to low reading scores. But after students received exemptions or improved their scores, fewer than 3% were required ...

RIDGETOP, Tenn. (WTVF) — Third grade students could be back in the classroom sooner than expected as thousands of Tennessee families navigate the controversial Third Grade Retention Law. Because of ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An estimated 1,800 Alabama students will repeat third grade because of low reading scores under a new state promotion requirement, the education superintendent said Thursday.

About 39% of third-graders at Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 on the city's South Side scored 'proficient' or above on 2025 state reading tests. Pittsburgh Public Schools is blaming “inconsistent ...

As states pass laws requiring schools to follow the “science of reading,” one aspect of these policies has stirred up particular controversy: Holding back struggling readers who don’t reach ...

The proposal is part of the Nebraska governor's education focus this legislative session, and it has federal support.

While the Michigan Department of Education leaders praised improvements made by students in some grades in reading and math on the state test, the state's third graders continued to slide in reading ...

Just two years ago, Indiana faced a sobering reality: nearly 1 in 5 third-graders could not read proficiently, and our state was grappling with what many rightfully called a literacy crisis. That ...

MSCS's Summer Learning Academy is mandatory for some third-graders based on TCAP scores. Around 3,100 third-graders are enrolled in the summer program, but the number required due to the reading law ...