School board members are asking why third-grade scores on state mastery tests at Mary Murphy Elementary School dropped so drastically in the past year. And they want to know what steps are being taken ...

Students across Ohio will begin taking state standardized tests in reading and writing on March 13 — the youngest in third grade — and with few exceptions, state law requires districts to administer ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is sounding the alarm about how remote learning may affect students long-term. McCrory, who’s running for U.S. Senate, talked about third-grade reading scores on ...

CINCINNATI (WRKC) – For almost a decade, Ohio third-graders needed to pass a reading test before moving on to fourth grade. But state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are hoping to change that. ...

The first part of McCrory’s claim has factual basis but needs context. Officials say 75% of third-graders weren’t reading at grade-level when they took the beginning-of-grade test. The second part of ...

Learning to read is widely considered the bridge to later academic success. In hopes of ensuring that success, more than a dozen states, including Florida, require students to pass a reading test to ...

Children who were the first to go to preschool, thanks to a new state program, are now in the third grade! So we’re about to see just how much it’s helping. We’re told third grade is the first time ...

Murfreesboro school officials oppose the third-grade law Parents may have to alter summer plans State lawmaker defends law's goal to improve literacy Murfreesboro and Rutherford County third-graders ...

Districts across Mississippi may be dismissing for summer break this week, but it’s crunch time for thousands of third-graders who failed the state’s literacy promotion exam. The state Department of ...