As states pass laws requiring schools to follow the “science of reading,” one aspect of these policies has stirred up particular controversy: Holding back struggling readers who don’t reach ...

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With the Florida governor’s Democratic primary set for Aug. 28, Jeff Greene has made education a vital piece of his platform. In a July 29 interview, Greene said, "There is a big correlation between ...

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 ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is sounding the alarm about how remote learning may affect students long-term. McCrory, who’s running for U.S. Senate, talked about third-grade reading scores on ...

State lawmakers narrowly gave first-round approval Thursday to add more support for students reading below grade level by the ...

The first part of McCrory’s claim has factual basis but needs context. Officials say 75% of third-graders weren’t reading at grade-level when they took the beginning-of-grade test. The second part of ...

More than half of California's students are reading below grade level, according to a survey that assessed third-grade reading performance in nearly 300 school districts. The California Reading ...

My son wasn’t reading at grade-level at the end of third grade. His struggle set off a series of interventions that seemed to only improve things slightly. Unfortunately, it wasn’t until the end of ...

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 ...

Just under half of Louisiana’s third graders ended last school year reading below or significantly below grade level, according to a report released Tuesday by the state Department of Education. The ...