A third grade reading and retention law took effect for Tennessee public school children in 2023. Students must meet a state reading benchmark or take extra steps to avoid being held back. Three full ...

Diamond, a third grader in Jefferson Parish, does a timed reading exercise with her summer school teacher, Emily Gurtner. Emily Gurtner sits at a small table in the corner of her third-grade classroom ...

Third graders at Penns Valley Elementary and Intermediate School are continuing to strengthen their literacy skills and ...

An early literacy bill includes several strategies designed to boost reading skills in K-3 students — including retention.

With Arizona third-grade reading scores at a 10-year low of 39 percent proficiency, one teacher found a solution to get her students excited to read.

Too many of our students are sitting in classrooms struggling to read. There is a reading crisis in Virginia. The data tells us that Virginia’s students are falling behind and do not have the basic ...

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 ...

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 ...

In early reading, first graders who are behind have an 88 percent chance of still being behind in fourth grade--rigor and ...

SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading tests for younger students — and new supports. Here's everything that would ...