Eighty-five percent of poor 4th graders in predominantly low-income schools are failing to reach “proficient” levels in reading on federal tests, according to a study issued by a national foundation ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this article and its accompanying map contained outdated information about 3rd-grade promotion requirements in Washington state. Washington’s state education ...

Educators have known for decades that learning how to read by the third grade is a critical milestone for children. Students who fall too far behind by the third grade rarely catch up. One recent ...

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 ...

Because they aren’t reading up to grade level, about 398 of last year’s third-graders in Columbus City Schools couldn’t become full-fledged fourth-graders this fall. That’s 8.5 percent of last year’s ...

The Mississippi Department of Education is announcing that the 3 rd grade reading assessment, which helps determine promotion to the 4 th grade, will be administered from April 4-22 across the state.