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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Wahpeton Elementary third-graders are learning how local government works during the school’s annual Third Grade Social ...