Just over 3,000 third graders were kept from advancing to the fourth grade in 2025 after being unable to pass the Indiana standardized reading test. Data released during the State Board of Education ...

Elementary school students in Nevada are making incremental progress in reading proficiency, as the state approaches the implementation of a policy that retains students in third grade if they are not ...

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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 ...

The 2025 IREAD assessment results released on Wednesday showed 87.3% of Indiana third-graders demonstrated proficiency on the state exam, up from 82.5% reported last year. The nearly five percentage ...

Reading scores for Fayette County third graders are the highest ever, as reported in results from a statewide test. Similarly, statewide scores on IREAD hit their highest levels in results released ...

Students in Illinois are steadily returning to class across Illinois’ 866 school districts and 3,835 schools. The state’s public schools have a lot of room for improvement to prepare students for life ...

When people talk about war, they picture overseas battlefields, not elementary school hallways. But America is embroiled in a civilian crisis – a war that’s quietly destroying children’s brains and ...

Arizona's third grade reading proficiency is currently at 39% and a new plan aims to raise it to 72% in five years. The Arizona Literacy Plan 2030 focuses on proven solutions like teacher training, ...

Louisiana is trying something new in education and those changes are now in effect. 3 rd graders who do not meet basic reading requirements are being held back rather than promoted to the 4 th grade.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - In light of the Trump administration preparing to abolish the Department of Education, there are long-term educational issues our community is focusing on right now. We’re ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - There’s a rising third-grade level reading crisis across the state of Indiana. With the new Indiana law, kids who can’t read at their grade level are at risk of being held ...