More than a decade after Oklahoma lawmakers voted to stop holding back third-grade students who couldn’t read at grade level, ...

Third graders in Maryland who don’t read on grade level by the end of the school year may find themselves repeating the grade. Maryland’s department of education is considering enacting a statewide ...

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 ...

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 ...

The state aims to see 70% of its third graders reading at grade level by 2027. So far, only about half are hitting the mark.

Reading scores for Erie third-graders are improving. And that's good news for their future prospects in school and beyond. Third grade is a kind of watershed year in education. Through third grade, ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –West Virginia Department of Education Legislative and Policy Officer Drew McClanahan told lawmakers Tuesday that the Third Grade Success Act has proven effective three years after ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan will no longer require school districts to hold back third graders who score too low on reading tests. In March 2023, the Democrats in control of state government ...

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 ...