At some point over the past few pandemic years, many states pressed pause on one particular high-stakes, controversial piece of education policy: 3rd grade retention. But now, it’s back. The laws ...

With new tests showing that two-thirds of all third graders in Kansas City can't read at a third-grade level, Mayor Sly James called it a crisis for the city.Tests showed the number was even higher in ...

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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 ...