This September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Third graders in Tennessee's public schools only saw slight improvement in English language arts scores on this year's ...

A motion to fix issues with literacy in the public schools by holding back students who aren't proficient readers was the ...

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 ...

CINCINNATI — An Ohio House Bill looks to end the state's 'Third Grade Reading Guarantee,' which requires third graders to pass a reading test in order to move on to the fourth grade. Some who support ...

Ohio lawmakers are debating changes to high-stakes reading tests that can hold students back in third grade. Since 2013, Ohio third graders are tested in reading and if they don't perform at grade ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Reading state test scores released from the Mississippi Department of Education show momentum continuing to build across the state. 85% of third graders passed the third-grade ...

While the Michigan Department of Education leaders praised improvements made by students in some grades in reading and math on the state test, the state's third graders continued to slide in reading ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Leaders with the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced that 85% of Mississippi third graders passed the 3rd-grade reading assessment after final retests for the ...