Last September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers catch up before state reading tests at the end of 3rd grade. By winter, ...

Nearly 89% of third grade students in public and private schools passed the IREAD exam in 2026. In addition, the majority of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio students who were held back from fourth grade due to a state law requiring struggling readers to repeat third grade performed better on English language arts in fourth through ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A pandemic-related exception to the requirement that students repeat the third grade if they’re not reading proficiently ends with this academic year, and state lawmakers are ...

A major and final piece of West Virginia lawmakers’ 2023 hallmark education legislation goes into effect this school year ...

Tennessee's controversial third grade reading and retention law has been in effect since 2023. But is it working?