A bill that would require students to repeat the third grade if their test scores aren't high enough is back in the Oklahoma Senate.

Three years into the implementation of the LEARNS Act, Arkansas educators are bracing for a new reading proficiency ...

Oklahoma lawmakers push third grade retention, but experts warn it boosts scores short term while harming long-term outcomes.

What sounds great in a bill can lose some of its luster in a law. "Schoolhouse Rocks" never told us that. In 2023, when the Arkansas Legislature passed Gov. Sarah Sanders' signature legislation, known ...

Sugar Creek Elementary third-graders had an opportunity to visit the Indiana Convention Center April 6, as part of the Read ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Third grade is a defining period in a child's educational development. Many say it's that pivotal academic year when a young student shifts from "learning to read" to "reading to ...

Lori Robertson knew the stakes were high. Under a new Louisiana law, the third graders she taught this summer at J.B. Nachman Elementary School in Alexandria would have to pass a reading test or be ...

Arkansas schools strengthen efforts to boost third-grade literacy before state tests determine grade advancement, per the ...

TCAP reading scores will set off a fast-moving timeline for Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back.