Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is sounding the alarm about how remote learning may affect students long-term. McCrory, who’s running for U.S. Senate, talked about third-grade reading scores on ...

The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies —requirements or recommendations that students who aren’t reading on grade level by ...

The first part of McCrory’s claim has factual basis but needs context. Officials say 75% of third-graders weren’t reading at grade-level when they took the beginning-of-grade test. The second part of ...

Alabama’s public elementary and middle school students are taking annual standardized tests this month, and for third graders, the reading portion is extremely important. This is the first school year ...

Confronted with evidence that huge shares of elementary pupils read significantly below grade level after years of pandemic-impacted schooling, Portland-area school districts are mounting varied ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan House has approved a repeal for a third grade reading retention law. A portion of the state’s third grade reading law, which was passed in 2016, requires ...

KINGSPORT — A group of parents of mostly Kingsport City Schools elementary students is seeking to change a Tennessee law on third-graders’ reading test performance. The group plans a community meeting ...

For years, we have known that children who read at grade level by 3rd grade are more likely to graduate from high school. High school graduates, in turn, are more likely to pursue further education ...

Students at elementary schools at APS have improved their reading, including students identified in a landmark lawsuit.

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