Preliminary data from reading assessments, the first under the state’s 2019 Literacy Act, show 4,800 students scored below grade level.

The Amplify tests gauge only basic skills, while the state’s End of Grade reading exams require students to apply those skills, state Superintendent Catherine Truitt told the board.

A total of 26 states had third grade reading laws as of 2019, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Education. Among those, 19 carry mandatory retention based on state assessments or ...

Preliminary data from reading assessments, the first under the state’s 2019 Literacy Act, show 4,800 students scored below grade level.