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 ...

More Indiana third graders passed the IREAD-3 in 2024 compared to 2023. That is good news because in 2025, 3rd graders who don’t pass the state’s reading assessment could be held back. Local schools ...

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.

INDIANAPOLIS — Education advocates, faith leaders and the state’s largest teachers’ union were at the Statehouse Tuesday to voice their concerns about a bill that recently passed out of the Senate.

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 ...

Members of the Maryland State Board of Education were skeptical Tuesday of State Superintendent Carey Wright’s draft literacy policy that includes holding back third graders who can’t read on grade ...

Oklahoma lawmakers will consider a return to holding back 3rd graders who aren't reading at grade level.The proposal is part ...

Milton Elementary-Middle math teacher, Annette Bodin, has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Education All-Stars award by ...