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Tennessee education officials are praising improvements across all subject areas after a round of statewide testing showed some post-pandemic progress.
The Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program scores have been released by the Tennessee Department of Education and the ...
The summer testing window for IREAD-3 is now open for third grade students who didn’t pass the reading assessment in March. There are early signs at Concord Community Schools that may show a ...
Fewer Virginia students are passing third-grade standardized reading tests, a concerning trend for what experts describe as the most important predictor of a student’s future academic success.
The reading crisis Under an Indiana law, third graders in the 2024-25 school year who do not pass their standardized reading proficiency exam, known as IREAD, must repeat third grade.
With the program, Kennedy said she's seen positive outcomes from Title 1 activities including a reduction of those phonic discrepancies. "When we hand out free books for the kids to take home ...
Under the plan, parents can insist that their children be allowed to advance to the fourth grade if they also agree to enroll the child in a free, supplemental reading support program.
UPDATED: August 27, 2024 at 6:14 AM EDT Third-graders struggling to read won’t necessarily be held back, according to an updated draft literacy policy from the Maryland State Board of Education.
Parents would be notified of their child’s reading deficiency and be given reading activities to use at home. Maryland would join a host of states with third grade retention policies.
They have to learn reading in other context not just in what might be called a reading class.” The policy is scheduled to be discussed by the state Board of Education on July 23.
Local districts react to 3rd grade Indiana reading proficiency law by: Marin Murphy Posted: Jul 1, 2024 / 07:17 PM EDT Updated: Jul 2, 2024 / 09:43 AM EDT ...