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 ...

About 23% of third graders, or nearly 12,000 students, scored below the required reading level last spring. But fewer than 3% were ultimately held back, according to newly provided state data.

Utah lawmakers are considering what could be an aggressive move to combat lagging childhood literacy rates across the state.

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

Literacy Now is once again hosting its annual Houston Reads Day and is looking for volunteers to take just 20 minutes out of ...

Diamond, a third grader in Jefferson Parish, does a timed reading exercise with her summer school teacher, Emily Gurtner. Emily Gurtner sits at a small table in the corner of her third-grade classroom ...

An early literacy bill includes several strategies designed to boost reading skills in K-3 students — including retention.

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 ...

More than 4,000 third graders are in the mix as summer programming gets underway in Nashville and the widespread effects of Tennessee's controversial reading law unfold. Metro Nashville Public Schools ...

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Karen Molinar, the Superintendent of the Fort Worth Independent School District, gives a presentation on a report and update ...

While the Michigan Department of Education leaders praised improvements made by students in some grades in reading and math on the state test, the state's third graders continued to slide in reading ...