State leaders say new funding and early intervention are putting Oklahoma on track. Some experts say the state needs deeper ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Early Literacy ratings in Ohio’s school report cards, which evaluate reading in grades kindergarten through third grade, dipped last year due to changes in how the state calculates ...

New research that suggests struggling English-learners could benefit from repeating 3rd grade has drawn a strong rebuke from leading scholars—and rekindled the national debate over so-called “literacy ...

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 ...

Harmony Fletcher likes to read and does so every night, but that was not enough to help her pass the English-Language Arts portion of Tennessee’s assessment exam (TCAP) last spring, her mother, ...

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COLUMBIA — More South Carolina students had to repeat the third grade this school year because of a 2024 law that revamped the state’s elementary literacy education system, public data shows. Schools ...

Want to help your third-grader master the basics of 3rd grade math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand what it means to multiply numbers – for example ...

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 ...