The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) today announced 85% of third graders passed the third-grade reading assessment ...

The latest results of Mississippi’s third-grade reading test show no dramatic declines or gains in student performance.

About 3,000 Indiana third graders are repeating the grade this year under a new state law that requires students to pass the ...

A decade ago, state lawmakers pledged to Ohioans that all children would read proficiently. That was the right thing to do. But last summer, they back-pedaled by gutting retention and allowing parents ...

At some point over the past few pandemic years, many states pressed pause on one particular high-stakes, controversial piece of education policy: 3rd grade retention. But now, it’s back. The laws ...

Apr. 6—Third graders who fail to show grade-level reading proficiency in ongoing ACAP tests could be held back a year under a state law, but area superintendents are optimistic that steps taken to ...

A recent report from an education non-profit organization mapped out the schools where third-grade reading scores are beating ...