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 eighth grades, a new ...

While statewide M-STEP scores declined in third-grade reading in 2025, the Detroit Free Press identified schools where scores improved.

Indiana reports a significant increase in third-grade reading proficiency, with over 87% of students passing the IREAD ...

About 30 states are now insist on 3rd grade reading proficiency.

Arkansas lawmakers continued to express concern Tuesday about a newly effective law that prohibits students who don’t meet ...

An analysis of standardized test scores in the District of Columbia found that overall 3rd grade reading proficiency rates stayed stagnant between 2007 and 2014—but declined for economically ...