Third graders in Maryland who don’t read on grade level by the end of the school year may find themselves repeating the grade. Maryland’s department of education is considering enacting a statewide ...

The Maryland State Board of Education is considering a policy that would make third graders repeat the year if they can’t read at grade level. Students in second through 12th grades already can be ...

There are thousands of students in Indiana who were in 3rd grade last school year and did not advance to the 4th grade this school year. The IREAD retention law now requires 3rd grade students to be ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Education is releasing new data for the 2024-25 IREAD test, specifically how it relates to repeating third grade. The assessment tests whether third graders ...

Jul. 6—When former Speake Elementary School Principal Ryan Bowerman received notification in May that every one of his third grade students passed the reading portion of the Alabama Comprehensive ...

As many as 1,800 Alabama third graders will repeat the grade because they aren’t reading well enough to move on to fourth grade, state superintendent Eric Mackey said Thursday. It’s a pivotal moment ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The state’s third-grade ...

Just over 3,000 third graders were kept from advancing to the fourth grade in 2025 after being unable to pass the Indiana standardized reading test. Data released during the State Board of Education ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Reading is a skill set that state educators have closely monitored for decades, but recent state statistics have left parents and educators in Arkansas concerned. "As of 2023, ACT ...

SPRINGDALE -- The LEARNS Act is expected to soon start impacting whether students move up to fourth grade or have to repeat third grade, and that is raising concern among Springdale School District ...