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 ...

Nine percent of Alabama's third graders could be held back after testing below grade level for reading, state schools Superintendent Eric Mackey said in a call with reporters. Preliminary data from ...

Thursday, the Mississippi Department of Education released the results from the first round of this year's third-grade reading assessment.Students took that test last month. On the first try, 75.7% ...

The testing window for the IREAD-3 assessment opens in just a few days. Legislation passed last year requires 3rd grade students to be retained if they do not pass the Indiana reading assessment.

The release of TCAP reading scores on May 19 set off a fast-moving timeline for thousands of Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back. A state reading and retention law hinges on third grade ...

Several students at the Alexandria school posted low reading scores last spring, putting them at risk of having to repeat ...

Parents, grandparents and community advocates have driven educational change before. That leadership is needed again.

Nearly a quarter of Louisiana third graders are ending the school year far behind in reading, the state Education Department said Thursday. Under a new state law, some of those students will have to ...

SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading ...