A third grade reading and retention law took effect for Tennessee public school children in 2023. Students must meet a state reading benchmark or take extra steps to avoid being held back. Three full ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Across Ohio, school districts are promoting thousands of third graders who didn’t meet state reading benchmarks, placing unprecedented demands on limited resources for reading ...
Too many of our students are sitting in classrooms struggling to read. There is a reading crisis in Virginia. The data tells us that Virginia’s students are falling behind and do not have the basic ...
Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the amount of training required to become a tutor in the program. The ...
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library sends free books in the mail to young children. Leaders at Pittsburgh Public Schools are putting their weight behind improving third-grade reading scores — an ...
About half of Chambersburg Area School District students are on track to meet the district's goal of reading and comprehending by third grade. The district uses three assessments to track progress: ...
Nearly half of Utah’s K-3 students are reading behind their grade level, even though almost five years ago Utah lawmakers set a goal for 70% third-grade reading proficiency by 2027. That’s according ...
Experts say early literacy gaps don’t just affect academics — they can shape long-term outcomes well beyond the classroom.
Local YMCA Reads! program helps struggling kindergartners through fourth graders go from "learning to read" to "reading to ...