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.

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

Literacy Now is once again hosting its annual Houston Reads Day and is looking for volunteers to take just 20 minutes out of ...

Big literacy gains for Brockton's youngest readers, with third graders leading the charge. Check out the numbers.

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

SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading ...

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 ...

More than 4,000 third graders are in the mix as summer programming gets underway in Nashville and the widespread effects of Tennessee's controversial reading law unfold. Metro Nashville Public Schools ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First lady Abby Cox reads a book to the kids as she and Gov. Spencer Cox welcome kids from Polk Elementary in Ogden into the ...

Nearly a quarter of Louisiana third graders are ending the school year far behind in reading, the state Education Department said Thursday. Under a new state law, some of those students will have to ...

Third graders at Penns Valley Elementary and Intermediate School are continuing to strengthen their literacy skills and ...