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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio students who were held back from fourth grade due to a state law requiring struggling readers to repeat third grade performed better on English language arts in fourth through ...

ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) — It is likely that nearly every school district in Indiana will have to hold some third graders back this school year. 2025 is the first year the IREAD retention law is in effect ...

Murfreesboro school officials oppose the third-grade law Parents may have to alter summer plans State lawmaker defends law's goal to improve literacy Murfreesboro and Rutherford County third-graders ...