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 ...

A third grade reading and retention law took effect for Tennessee public school children in 2023. Students must meet a state reading benchmark or take extra steps to avoid being held back. Three full ...

TCAP reading scores will set off a fast-moving timeline for Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back.

SALT LAKE CITY — Third grade is a defining period in a child's educational development. Many say it's that pivotal academic year when a young student shifts from "learning to read" to "reading to ...

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 ...

Around 150 third grade students at Laurentian and North Star Elementary competed against each other in this year's Reading ...

Her short video has sparked a wide conversation about what children are, and are not, prepared for when they walk into a ...

JACKSON, Miss. - Eighty-five percent of Mississippi third graders passed their 2024-2025 reading assessments after the school year's final retest, the state's Department of Education announced Friday.

With only about 38% of Georgia students reading at or above grade level, according to the Georgia Council on Literacy, new ...

Oklahoma is on the verge of a major shakeup in how kids learn to read, especially by third grade. On March 26, 2026, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Spencer Cox smiles as his wife Abby Cox reads to children at Kearns Library after a press conference discussing the fiscal ...