Virginia is behind Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee when it comes to helping all children read by third grade. These states have taken a back-to-the-basics approach grounded in research and ...

Alabama’s school chief said Thursday that 10,000 or more third graders could be at risk of being held back this summer under new reading benchmarks to move to fourth grade. The high-stakes requirement ...

New data shows the impact of Indiana's new IREAD retention law that prevents third graders from promoting if they can't pass ...

The Alabama Board of Education is set to raise expectations for third graders by gradually increasing a benchmark on the state’s high-stakes reading test. Currently, educators decide whether or not a ...

Clark County School District student proficiency in reading and math is the best it’s been since a postpandemic plummet, ...

As many as 1,800 Alabama third graders will repeat the grade because they aren’t reading well enough to move on to fourth grade, state superintendent Eric Mackey said Thursday. It’s a pivotal moment ...

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.

A controversial third grade reading law has affected tens of thousands of children across Tennessee who may be held back from fourth grade unless they take extra steps. Dozens of other states have ...

While all other Sand Springs elementary schools met state testing standards, Garfield Elementary third graders failed to meet state Benchmark scores, a state education report shows. The 2008 School ...