Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 6—Third graders who fail to show grade-level reading proficiency in ongoing ACAP tests could be held back a year under a ...

Kindergartners who started school scoring in the bottom 20% had only a 1 in 10 chance of reading proficiency by 3rd grade.

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. - School districts across Green Country are looking over the results of third grade reading tests. The test vendor, CTB/McGraw Hill, released the scores to school districts at ten Friday ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Part of the ‘Strong Readers Act’ includes the implementation of second graders taking third-grade reading tests, beginning next school year. When signing the bill into law, ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jackson Public Schools launched a program to boost third-grade reading proficiency. Educators discovered that ...

One boy, now 12, said he still struggles with feeling "stupid" after his experience with Tennessee's reading law in 2023.