More than half of Tennessee third graders fell short of a threshold required to move on to fourth grade unless they meet exemption standards, up their scores in a retake, attend summer school, undergo ...

The latest results of Mississippi’s third-grade reading test show no dramatic declines or gains in student performance.

Just 1.4% of last year's third graders at Metro Nashville Public Schools will be held back due to a new state reading and retention law. MNPS estimated around 34% of its roughly 6,000 third graders ...

A record 77.3% of Mississippi third graders passed their initial reading assessment in spring 2025. Mississippi's ...

Tens of thousands of students across Tennessee are awaiting the results of their standardized tests, which will set off a fast-moving timeline to determine whether they're held back under a ...

Nearly 6% of Michigan third-graders who took state tests last spring were significantly behind in reading, and Black third-graders were more than four times more likely to be significantly behind in ...

NASHVILLE — Melissa Knapp is Harpeth Valley Elementary School’s only literacy coach. It’s her job to guide teachers on how to help struggling readers at the 600-student school. She’s always busy, but ...

A controversial third grade reading law has affected tens of thousands of children across Tennessee who may be held back from fourth grade unless they take extra steps. Dozens of other states have ...

After all retests were administered, the Mississippi Dept. of Education reported that 85 percent of all third graders passed ...

LANSING, Mich. (SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP) - The Michigan House and Senate passed the third grade reading bill on Wednesday. It is on it's way to Gov. Rick Snyder to be signed into law. The goal of the ...

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We were pleased to read today’s PolitiFact article exploring former Rep. Ben Cannon’s comments about the connection between third-grade reading rates and negative future outcomes for children. The ...