Arkansas students entering the third grade at public schools and open enrollment charter schools this fall will be the first cohort to be retained if they don’t meet literacy expectations, a policy ...

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 ...

Arkansas Department of Education Secretary Jacob Oliva pushed back Tuesday on fears that the state could hold back potentially thousands of third graders who aren't reading at grade level at the end ...

Indiana saw its largest year over year increase of students reading proficiently by the end of third grade, but it’s still unclear how many children will be retained under the new IREAD law. The IREAD ...

MSCS third-graders showed improvement on the 2025 TCAP English Language Arts section, with 29.2% meeting or exceeding expectations. Prior to exemptions and other interventions, 68% of MSCS ...

MSCS's Summer Learning Academy is mandatory for some third-graders based on TCAP scores. Around 3,100 third-graders are enrolled in the summer program, but the number required due to the reading law ...