In fourth-grade English, your fourth-grader will learn to read, discuss, and write about complicated stories, rich poems, plays, informational books, and articles. Your child will also learn to show ...

The LEARNS Act is expected to soon start impacting whether students move up to fourth grade or have to repeat third grade, ...

The Tennessee Department of Education has released third- and fourth-grade scores for the English Language Arts section of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program tests. And scores for ...

Out of nearly 3,300 third graders in New Orleans public schools last year, only four were required to repeat the grade under ...

Hoping to help your fourth-grader with reading and writing skills? Here are some basic tips that experts suggest for any fourth-grader. Encourage your child to learn to make a good argument. If your ...

Arkansas lawmakers continued to express concern Tuesday about a newly effective law that prohibits students who don’t meet ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — You probably remember the third grade retention debate here in Tennessee. But how about fourth grade retention? “Reading proficiency is still important,” Rep. Mark White ...

This post is by Kathleen Cushman. Her most recent book, with WKCD colleague Barbara Cervone, is Belonging and Becoming: The Power of Social and Emotional Learning in High Schools (Harvard Education ...

STEP, or Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress, is taken each year by students in grades three through seven.

The needle didn’t budge much. About two-thirds of tested Tri-City students showed grade-level comprehension or higher in ...

The release of TCAP reading scores on May 19 set off a fast-moving timeline for thousands of Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back. A state reading and retention law hinges on third grade ...