About 3,000 Indiana students are repeating third grade this school year for not meeting the state’s reading proficiency ...

Learning to read is widely considered the bridge to later academic success. In hopes of ensuring that success, more than a dozen states, including Florida, require students to pass a reading test to ...

States must invest not just in literacy laws, but in the networks and training that bring those policies to life.

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Around ten Kingsport students will face an extra challenge when they begin TCAP testing this spring. Tennessee’s controversial third-grade retention law will hold children ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Results from the state-wide mandated 2023 Tennessee Comprehensive Academic Program (TCAP) exams are in, and for third-grade students, the numbers are especially critical due to a ...

A historically difficult hurdle for English language learners is returning next month with bigger stakes – pass Indiana’s third grade reading assessment or risk being held back. Today’s third graders ...

Barbara Gottschalk is an English language acquisition teacher and an America Achieves fellow. House Bill 4822, popularly known as the Third Grade Reading Bill, aims to help Michigan students by ...

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Tens of thousands of students across Tennessee are awaiting the results of their standardized tests, which will set off a fast-moving timeline to determine whether they're held back under a ...

New research that suggests struggling English-learners could benefit from repeating 3rd grade has drawn a strong rebuke from leading scholars—and rekindled the national debate over so-called “literacy ...

Michigan educators vowed Tuesday to examine the continued decline of proficiency among third-grade students in the reading portion of the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress. Since 2015, ...

The Florida Department of Education has released the first portion of Florida Standards Assessment results, and Santa Rosa County was one of the state's top performers. The FSA is a battery of tests ...