Just 44% of third graders were proficient in reading at the end of the 2024-2025 school year, down from 46% the year prior.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library sends free books in the mail to young children. Leaders at Pittsburgh Public Schools are putting their weight behind improving third-grade reading scores — an ...

The decline in reading proficiency among third graders is particularly concerning, as research indicates that students who struggle with reading by this critical grade level are at a higher risk of ...

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 ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A proposed literacy policy in Maryland could ...

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 ...

In Indiana, one in five students haven’t mastered reading by the end of third grade. It’s just one of many states across the nation that are facing the issue of elementary illiteracy, especially in ...

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 ...

Reading scores for Erie third-graders are improving. And that's good news for their future prospects in school and beyond. Third grade is a kind of watershed year in education. Through third grade, ...

Diamond, a third grader in Jefferson Parish, does a timed reading exercise with her summer school teacher, Emily Gurtner. Emily Gurtner sits at a small table in the corner of her third-grade classroom ...

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — Indiana’s second and third-graders will face some changes in the 2024-2025 school year after the rollout of the “Every Child Learns to Read” bill July 1. The bill requires ...

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 ...