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 ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Across Ohio, school districts are promoting thousands of third graders who didn’t meet state reading benchmarks, placing unprecedented demands on limited resources for reading ...

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 ...

Some Alabama school districts made big gains on the state’s third grade reading test, even as expectations grew tougher, but local districts generally saw a slight drop in the percentage of third ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An estimated 1,800 Alabama students will repeat third grade because of low reading scores under a new ...

The findings reveal only 30% of pupils in grades 1 to 3 are reading at grade level in their home languages. In some languages up to 25% of grade 3 pupils cannot read a single word.

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

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Third grade is a defining period in a child's educational development. Many say it's that pivotal academic year when a young student shifts from "learning to read" to "reading to ...