About 23% of third graders, or nearly 12,000 students, scored below the required reading level last spring. But fewer than 3% were ultimately held back, according to newly provided state data.

A plan to improve literacy scores in Oklahoma schools backed by one of the Legislature's most powerful lawmakers would come with a price tag of $75 million.

An early literacy bill includes several strategies designed to boost reading skills in K-3 students — including retention.

Thousands of third-graders who fall short of Arkansas’ reading standard could be forced to repeat the grade under a rule ...

New data shows 87.3% of Hoosier third graders demonstrated proficient reading skills on the IREAD exam in 2024-25. (Getty Images) Indiana’s latest reading assessment scores showed the largest ...

Texarkana families with children in kindergarten through third grade have expanded access to literacy support after Read and ...

The testing window for the IREAD-3 assessment opens in just a few days. Legislation passed last year requires 3rd grade students to be retained if they do not pass the Indiana reading assessment.

While the Michigan Department of Education leaders praised improvements made by students in some grades in reading and math on the state test, the state's third graders continued to slide in reading ...

A majority of Georgia’s third graders – 62% – are not reading proficiently, according to the Georgia Council on Literacy.

Indiana third graders’ reading proficiency improved at a record-breaking rate in 2025, putting students’ scores on par with pre-pandemic levels. Statewide, 87.3% of third graders scored proficient on ...

SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading tests for younger students — and new supports. Here's everything that would ...