Just 38% of third graders in Sacramento County are reading at grade level, according to a report by Sacramento Literacy Foundation. Researchers described the situation as a “crisis,” the Sacramento ...

Years ago, I coached my 8-year-old son’s basketball team. A few games into the season, a parent berated me for not winning every game. I shared that I had two primary goals (and neither was piling up ...

Project 75 is a reading initiative with an ambitious goal: to boost the percentage of third-graders in Jackson who pass the state assessment on the first attempt from 55% to 75%. Cormack presented his ...

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 ...

After switching its elementary reading curriculum to one aligned with the science of reading, Denver Public Schools is celebrating an increase in the percentage of kindergarten through third grade ...

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 ...

For years, we have known that children who read at grade level by 3rd grade are more likely to graduate from high school. High school graduates, in turn, are more likely to pursue further education ...

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 ...

KINGSPORT — A group of parents of mostly Kingsport City Schools elementary students is seeking to change a Tennessee law on third-graders’ reading test performance. The group plans a community meeting ...

The Georgia Department of Education (GADOE) has posted the Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS) results for the 2023-2024 school year. SCCPSS Public Information Manager Sheila Blanco sent out a ...

Alabama’s public elementary and middle school students are taking annual standardized tests this month, and for third graders, the reading portion is extremely important. This is the first school year ...

As Louisiana tries to boost literacy rates by improving how schools teach reading, a coalition of New Orleans groups is trying to raise awareness of other factors — like attendance and preschool — ...