One boy, now 12, said he still struggles with feeling "stupid" after his experience with Tennessee's reading law in 2023.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The widespread effects of Tennessee's third grade reading and retention law will be felt again this year for thousands of public ...

The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies —requirements or recommendations that students who aren’t reading on grade level by ...

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

Ohio lawmakers are debating changes to high-stakes reading tests that can hold students back in third grade. Since 2013, Ohio third graders are tested in reading and if they don't perform at grade ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio students who were held back from fourth grade due to a state law requiring struggling readers to repeat third grade performed better on English language arts in fourth through ...

Each August in rural southwestern Oklahoma, more than half of Frederick Elementary School’s incoming third graders begin ...

Last September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers catch up before state reading tests at the end of 3rd grade. By winter, ...

As the coronavirus pandemic ravaged communities and shuttered schools, many educators and parents worried about kindergarteners who were learning online. That concern now appears well-founded as we’re ...

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