This is the 12th story in an occasional series on a dramatic national push to revamp the teaching of reading in the earliest grades. This special report has examined how California, despite ...

The release of TCAP reading scores set off a fast-moving timeline for Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back.

Learn how to use technology to help develop your third-grader’s growing interest in reading. There is a large selection of online books for children, many with interactive features such as animations ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Department of Education announced several ways third grade students can retake the TCAP test and the appeals window for families. “Third grade is a pivotal year ...

Alabama’s public elementary and middle school students are taking annual standardized tests this month, and for third graders, the reading portion is extremely important. This is the first school year ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A pandemic-related exception to the requirement that students repeat the third grade if they’re not reading proficiently ends with this academic year, and state lawmakers are ...

Maryland students test results from last school year are in while a controversial state reading policy that could retain third graders for not meeting the mark in literacy is still out for updates.

Parents are stressed, and kids are coming home crying. These are the emotions more families say they're experiencing this summer because of a new law that will likely mean more third graders are kept ...