Keep your soon-to-be or leaving 1st (first) graders, ages 6 and 7, practicing their growing reading skills with the best 1st grade books for summer reading.

For the first time, second graders are mandated to take the statewide reading assessment—allowing schools to catch literacy challenges earlier.

The Olentangy Local School District last week announced a record number of the district's third-grade students aced the reading portion of the spring Ohio Achievement Assessment.

The Maryland State Board of Education is considering a reading intervention policy that would allow third-graders to repeat a year if they do not meet certain reading literacy requirements .