The Third Grade Success Act is taking effect this year and Kanawha County School officials are letting parents know what ...

Stats suggest high stakes for one year in particular. A literacy researcher, practitioner, and former school principal weighs ...

As more states consider passing early literacy laws, one controversial aspect of these policies is back in the spotlight—grade retention. Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia either allow ...

Want to help your third-grader master the basics of 3rd grade math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand what it means to multiply numbers – for example ...

Harmony Fletcher likes to read and does so every night, but that was not enough to help her pass the English-Language Arts portion of Tennessee’s assessment exam (TCAP) last spring, her mother, ...

New research that suggests struggling English-learners could benefit from repeating 3rd grade has drawn a strong rebuke from leading scholars—and rekindled the national debate over so-called “literacy ...

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Children try to do their homework at an evacuation shelter at a high school gymnasium in Kentwood, northeast of New Orleans on August 30, 2012 in Louisiana, where Tropical Storm Isaac has dumped more ...

Third grade students in Estacada have posted the biggest reading gain among all of Oregon’s school districts.State data shows ...

Tennessee's controversial third grade reading and retention law has been in effect since 2023. Here's what years of state testing data, research and experts say about its effectiveness. How well is ...