The most common reason is dyslexia that has gone unidentified, leaving the child without the specific instruction required ...

Just 44% of third graders were proficient in reading at the end of the 2024-2025 school year, down from 46% the year prior.

A third-grade reading gate without strong early childhood systems is not a reading strategy. It is a reaction to unmet needs.

Cox’s 2026 agenda to focus on reading interventions and taking tech out of the classroom, as well as homelessness and housing ...

Illinois lowered its standards in 2025, but over half of third graders still couldn’t read at grade level. It’s a critical ...

Reading scores for Erie third-graders are improving. And that's good news for their future prospects in school and beyond. Third grade is a kind of watershed year in education. Through third grade, ...

CINCINNATI (WRKC) – For almost a decade, Ohio third-graders needed to pass a reading test before moving on to fourth grade. But state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are hoping to change that. ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this article and its accompanying map contained outdated information about 3rd-grade promotion requirements in Washington state. Washington’s state education ...

Apr. 6—Third graders who fail to show grade-level reading proficiency in ongoing ACAP tests could be held back a year under a state law, but area superintendents are optimistic that steps taken to ...

An analysis of standardized test scores in the District of Columbia found that overall 3rd grade reading proficiency rates stayed stagnant between 2007 and 2014—but declined for economically ...

About 3,000 Indiana students are repeating third grade this school year for not meeting the state’s reading proficiency ...

October 9, 2025 - For Chelsea Duran, returning to high school for her senior year means being on high alert, watching over her shoulder for immigration enforcement agents. After years in which reading ...