A literacy summit organized by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office hinted at a reconsideration of Republicans' school ...

Just 44% of third graders were proficient in reading at the end of the 2024-2025 school year, down from 46% the year prior.

The most common reason is dyslexia that has gone unidentified, leaving the child without the specific instruction required ...

Apr. 6—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 taken to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A pandemic-related exception to the requirement that students repeat the third grade if they’re not reading proficiently ends with this academic year, and state lawmakers are ...

Hot Springs School District leaders told the school board Tuesday they have ramped up classroom support, parent communication ...

Third graders in Maryland who don’t read on grade level by the end of the school year may find themselves repeating the grade. Maryland’s department of education is considering enacting a statewide ...

Cox’s 2026 agenda to focus on reading interventions and taking tech out of the classroom, as well as homelessness and housing ...

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Indiana third graders’ reading proficiency improved at a record-breaking rate in 2025, putting students’ scores on par with pre-pandemic levels. Statewide, 87.3% of third graders scored proficient on ...

Nearly 6% of Michigan third-graders who took state tests last spring were significantly behind in reading, and Black third-graders were more than four times more likely to be significantly behind in ...