They found that 3rd graders who were identified as at-risk for retention did better on end-of-year reading and math tests ...

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, ...

Tennessee's controversial third grade reading and retention law has been in effect since 2023. But is it working?

Georgia’s public elementary schools are preparing to implement a significant curriculum change that will affect thousands of students across the state beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year. The ...

MSCS's Summer Learning Academy is mandatory for some third-graders based on TCAP scores. Around 3,100 third-graders are enrolled in the summer program, but the number required due to the reading law ...

The May 18 release of reading scores for Tennessee third graders set off a fast-moving timeline to determine if tens of thousands of public school students will be held back or not. Tennessee's third ...

Some Memphis Shelby County Schools parents are raising concerns after learning third graders could be asked to retake part of the TCAP English Language Arts exam during the final days of the school ...