CASD's plan combines professional development, revamped instructional models, and tools to help more students ready by end of ...

DURHAM, North Carolina (WTVD) -- An Eastway Elementary school teacher is using some unconventional means to prepare her third-grade class for statewide end of grade exams. Parker said she wants her ...

A new provision in the Arkansas LEARNS Act that took effect at the start of the school year will force students to repeat the ...

JESSIEVILLE — Jessieville School District administrators outlined new third grade promotion and retention requirements under ...

Literacy is fundamental in determining a child’s educational success and academic future. And when young students are lacking their “ABC” skills, it’s all but certain they will struggle with other ...

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

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

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.

MSCS's Summer Learning Academy is mandatory for some third-graders based on TCAP scores. Around 3,100 third-graders are enrolled in the summer program, but the number required due to the reading law ...