The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies —requirements or recommendations that students who aren’t reading on grade level by ...

The first part of McCrory’s claim has factual basis but needs context. Officials say 75% of third-graders weren’t reading at grade-level when they took the beginning-of-grade test. The second part of ...

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 ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is sounding the alarm about how remote learning may affect students long-term. McCrory, who’s running for U.S. Senate, talked about third-grade reading scores on ...

Virginia has made reading by third grade a priority. Now it is time to make it a top priority. Our state has one of the most comprehensive reading policies in the nation from preschool to eighth grade ...

At some point over the past few pandemic years, many states pressed pause on one particular high-stakes, controversial piece of education policy: 3rd grade retention. But now, it’s back. The laws ...