The top schools got money to put toward reading efforts at the school, new basketballs and new shoes for students.

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The IREAD test is an Indiana reading assessment for third-graders, with a new law requiring retention for students who do not pass. Students who do not pass after two attempts during the school year ...

Utah leaders want to hold back third graders who aren’t on reading level. Here’s what you need to know.

Survey reveals most Utahns support proposed policy requiring third graders who struggle with reading to repeat the grade. Gov. Spencer Cox is a proponent of a third grade retention/literacy policy.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –West Virginia Department of Education Legislative and Policy Officer Drew McClanahan told lawmakers Tuesday that the Third Grade Success Act has proven effective three years after ...

TULSA, Okla. — More than a decade after Oklahoma lawmakers voted to stop holding back third-grade students who couldn’t read at grade level, the debate is back at the State Capitol, driven by ...

Too many of our students are sitting in classrooms struggling to read. There is a reading crisis in Virginia. The data tells us that Virginia’s students are falling behind and do not have the basic ...

About 39% of third-graders at Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 on the city's South Side scored 'proficient' or above on 2025 state reading tests. Pittsburgh Public Schools is blaming “inconsistent ...

The Internet can be a tough field of play, but Mary Crippen has managed to tackle it with ease. After all, the Miami-based third grade teacher has gone viral with her playbook—er, lesson plans—packed ...

About 3,000 Indiana students are repeating third grade this school year for not meeting the state’s reading proficiency standards. Data released Wednesday by the Indiana Department of Education showed ...