The state’s largest school districts are facing serious challenges. According to the report, 28.9 percent of Oklahoma City’s third graders and 32.7 percent of Tulsa’s scored “unsatisfactory.” However, ...

Just under three-fourths of Colorado’s third-graders are reading at grade level — a mark that has not changed much over the years, according to preliminary results from the Colorado Department of ...

Years ago, I coached my 8-year-old son’s basketball team. A few games into the season, a parent berated me for not winning every game. I shared that I had two primary goals (and neither was piling up ...

After switching its elementary reading curriculum to one aligned with the science of reading, Denver Public Schools is celebrating an increase in the percentage of kindergarten through third grade ...

With the Florida governor’s Democratic primary set for Aug. 28, Jeff Greene has made education a vital piece of his platform. In a July 29 interview, Greene said, "There is a big correlation between ...

Concern over a new requirement that third graders read at grade-level to move on to fourth grade has created a "sense of ...

More than half of California's students are reading below grade level, according to a survey that assessed third-grade reading performance in nearly 300 school districts. The California Reading ...

The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) today announced 85% of third graders passed the third-grade reading assessment ...

For years, we have known that children who read at grade level by 3rd grade are more likely to graduate from high school. High school graduates, in turn, are more likely to pursue further education ...

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 ...

State education officials said third-graders did better on the so-called third-grade reading gate test last school year than the year before.