Third grade students in California’s lowest performing schools aredoing better at reading, thanks to the Elementary Literacy Support Block Grant funding and a new focus on curriculum materials based ...

Third graders in Maryland who don’t read on grade level by the end of the school year may find themselves repeating the grade. Maryland’s department of education is considering enacting a statewide ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just over 3,000 third graders were kept from advancing to the fourth grade in 2025 after being unable to pass the Indiana standardized reading test. Data released during the State Board of Education ...