The Parent Access to Supplemental Supports, or PASS, program offers $400 grants to third graders who didn't pass the STAAR ...

More than 40,000 Tennessee third graders were impacted by the state reading law this year. See how scores panned out for ...

Last September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers catch up before state reading tests at the end of 3rd grade. By winter, ...

Both the state as a whole and Dallas ISD made gains in math, and middle schoolers gained ground in reading. But fewer than half of third graders tested on grade level in reading ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The widespread effects of the Tennessee reading and retention law will be felt again this year for thousands of public school ...

Good Cause Exemptions are granted for a variety of reasons, according to the Indiana Department of Education. The three main categories for consideration include students in special education, ...

The May 18 release of reading scores for Tennessee third graders set off a fast-moving timeline to determine if tens of thousands of public school students will be held back or not. Tennessee's third ...

It marks the first substantial resistance to the requirement since it was brought back by Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo 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.

One boy, now 12, said he still struggles with feeling "stupid" after his experience with Tennessee's reading law in 2023.

Lori Robertson knew the stakes were high. Under a new Louisiana law, the third graders she taught this summer at J.B. Nachman Elementary School in Alexandria would have to pass a reading test or be ...