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 ...

The results of a standardized test have set off shockwaves for third graders and their parents over the last week in Tennessee. Statewide, 60% of third graders fell short of a reading proficiency ...

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 ...

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 ...

Harmony Fletcher likes to read and does so every night, but that was not enough to help her pass the English-Language Arts portion of Tennessee’s assessment exam (TCAP) last spring, her mother, ...

Third-graders struggling to read won’t necessarily be held back, according to an updated draft literacy policy from the Maryland State Board of Education. The policy initially mandated that students ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Families across Tennessee are getting back their TCAP scores — particularly for students in third grade. Per the Third Grade Retention Law, students who score approaching or ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Marthia Sides-Shaw said her 9-year-old daughter is a “straight-A student,” but worries her third-grader will be held back because of a new state law. “I just, I think that’s ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — By now, you've probably heard a lot of talk about Tennessee's controversial third grade retention law. But, a lot of parents didn't realize, there's an obscure fourth grade ...

Illinois lowered its standards in 2025, but over half of third graders still couldn’t read at grade level. It’s a critical ...

This is the first year the controversial third-grade retention law will be in action. The rollout of the law has sparked heated conversations between lawmakers, education activists, parents and school ...