Talladega County Schools continue to demonstrate strong reading growth and a steadfast commitment to student literacy success ...

West Feliciana Parish 78.9% St. Charles Parish 77.2% Ascension Parish 75.8% Iberville Parish 75.6% Plaquemines Parish 75.2% ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania analyzed reading scores for more than 168,000 students who were 3rd graders in Michigan during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 ...

Updated: 12:22 PM CDT May 15, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ Richard Bourne JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Department of Education said 25,399, or 77.3%, of third graders passed the initial ...

The testing window for the IREAD-3 assessment opens in just a few days. Legislation passed last year requires 3rd grade students to be retained if they do not pass the Indiana reading assessment.

Just over 3,000 third graders took the test again during the summer, and of those students, 1,337 passed the benchmark. Overall, about 1,800 students are expected to repeat third grade.

UPDATED: July 9, 2024 at 4:37 PM EDT The Maryland State Board of Education is considering a policy that would make third graders repeat the year if they can’t read at grade level.

Additionally, third graders who score at or above the 50th percentile on their spring reading screening test can also move on if they enroll in tutoring for the entirety of fourth grade.

Thursday, the Mississippi Department of Education released the results from the first round of this year's third-grade reading assessment.Students took that test last month. On the first try, 75.7% ...

Last year's third-grade retention data was not released until November. Learn more: Only 1.2% of Tennessee third graders held back in 2023 after reading law rollout ...

This is the first school year that Alabama’s third-graders’ spring reading test results will put a child on either a path to fourth grade or a path that will include intensive reading help ...