More than two-thirds of the Pulaski County Special School District third graders who failed to read at grade level on end-of-year tests qualified for exemptions from a new state requirement that they ...

A major and final piece of West Virginia lawmakers’ 2023 hallmark education legislation goes into effect this school year when schools are required to retain third graders whose reading and math ...

CHARLESTON — A major and final piece of West Virginia lawmakers’ 2023 hallmark education legislation goes into effect this school year when schools are required to retain third graders whose reading ...

Tennessee's controversial third grade reading and retention law has been in effect since 2023. Here's what years of state testing data, research and experts say about its effectiveness. How well is ...

The majority of Little Rock School District third graders who did not pass an end-of-year literacy test were granted exemptions from a new Arkansas requirement that they be held back. Around 50 of the ...

More than 40,000 Tennessee third graders were impacted by the state reading law this year. The law hinges on the English language arts section of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, also ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A student works on her multiple reading words and locating words in a dictionary exercise with Lauren Iden, a developmental ...

Third graders at Palm Beach Day Academy have made a giant step in their schooling, and they celebrated by taking part in a cherished school tradition. On June 10, 60 students walked 1.3 miles across ...

Correction: This article has been updated to show that 91.9% of Shelby County’s third grade students scored high enough to reach the cut score. Alabama’s third grade reading scores held steady this ...

SPRINGDALE -- Despite early concerns about high retention figures and adverse staff impacts, only a few third-graders in the Springdale School District will be held back next year. The subject came up ...

Baltimore County Public Schools will bring cursive writing back to all second- and third-grade classrooms next school year following a pilot program launched this fall, Superintendent Myriam Rogers ...