Arizona Literacy Plan 2030, a statewide initiative launched by Read On Arizona, aims to increase third-grade reading proficiency from 39% to 72%.

More than half of Tennessee's public school third graders fell short of the state's reading benchmark on this year's TCAP ...

Nearly 1 in 4 third graders risked being retained under Louisiana's new reading law, but far fewer are likely to be held back ...

While third-grade reading scores are improving, they haven't rebounded to pre-pandemic levels. Thirty-four percent of Erie third-graders were proficient or advanced readers in 2018-29, before ...

Since then, the percentage of 3rd graders meeting targets for reading in these schools has increased, from 33.4 percent in 2002 to 44.4 percent in 2007, catching them up to their counterparts at ...

The third-grade reading test results are the first batch released from Florida’s 2021 standardized testing season. Scores for other grades and for math, science and social studies exams are ...

The Third Grade Reading Guarantee isn’t the only literacy-related issue before lawmakers. The General Assembly is also studying DeWine’s budget proposal to transition all public school ...

Last fall, less than half of new students were reading at grade level. In just one year, that number has jumped nearly 25%. “It’s about getting them on track over time,” Crank said.

This year’s third-grade reading rate is 9.5 percentage points behind the state's highest pass rate of 91.4 percent in 2012-13. The 2023 IREAD pass rate includes results from third grade students ...

Related: Read or be held back: Ivey considers controversial delay on 3rd grade literacy law Gina Maiola, Press Secretary for Gov. Ivey, said today the bill, SB94, is still under review.

Third graders who fail to show grade-level reading proficiency in ongoing ACAP tests could be held back a year under a state law, but area superintendents are optimistic that steps ...

Nearly 34% of Michigan third-grade students aren’t proficient in English language arts, according to 2021-22 Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) testing. Six years ago, just ...