The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies —requirements or recommendations that students who aren’t reading on grade level by ...

Another day in Zoom school, another meltdown and another reminder of what parents already know: Online school is especially challenging for younger students. There’s a reason children from ...

BEDFORD, Texas — Third grade students and their siblings at Meadow Creek Elementary in Bedford will all learn online starting Friday to "help prevent the spread of COVID," school officials said ...

State education leaders said last week 3,040 students are repeating third grade because they didn’t pass the state’s reading proficiency exam called IREAD.

At least 29 states and Washington, D.C., allow or require schools to hold back struggling 3rd graders who don’t pass state standardized reading tests, the result of ongoing attempts to close the ...

New data shows the impact of Indiana's new IREAD retention law that prevents third graders from promoting if they can't pass IREAD.