NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. — Elise Sirhal, a mother of a third-grade student, said she understands the importance of the 3rd grade benchmark when it comes to reading. "It's extremely important that they ...

First- through third-grade students in the Fort Worth Independent School District saw slight improvements in math testing from last school year, but they’re still trailing behind their peers across ...

Studies showing that children who read below grade level by 3rd grade continue to struggle in school long afterwards have engendered a patchwork of literacy laws across the country. Many of those ...

The release of TCAP reading scores on May 19 set off a fast-moving timeline for thousands of Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back. A state reading and retention law hinges on third grade ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The results from the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) show 41% of third graders are reading at or above grade level, which is a 1% increase from 2023.

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- Nearly 82% of third graders in the five largest Kalamazoo-area school districts are in classrooms with more than 20 students. MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette obtained the size of ...

America’s schools are intended to be an equalizer, a way to launch students from low-income families up the economic and social ladder. But a new study finds that in most school districts, a child’s ...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- Years ago, Kalamazoo Public Schools received a federal grant to lower class sizes in the district’s high poverty elementary schools to 17 students or fewer. Melissa ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Families were furious when TCAP scores came out and showed their students were facing summer school, retention, or tutoring. “Well, the third-grade retention law was a ...

Kids sat shoulder-to-shoulder as they worked through an English language arts assignment at Dodson Elementary School on a sunny morning in early June. They were tasked with circling two-syllable words ...