Literacy rates for Hoosier children are improving. This summer, the Indiana Department of Education reported historic increases in reading proficiency scores for students.

California has made progress in third-grade reading proficiency, but needs to accelerate the pace to meet the demands of the ...

The Mississippi Department of Education said 25,399, or 77.3%, of third graders passed the initial administration of the third-grade reading assessment. That is the highest percentage ever in the ...

The latest 2021 through 2024 school data show that half of the students in Minnesota are not meeting or exceeding grade-level reading standards.

As states pass laws requiring schools to follow the “science of reading,” one aspect of these policies has stirred up particular controversy: Holding back struggling readers who don’t reach ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD-3) exam has been a familiar milestone for Indiana’s third graders, but this year, students could be at risk for being ...

A third grade reading and retention law took effect for Tennessee public school children in 2023. Students must meet a state reading benchmark or take extra steps to avoid being held back. Three full ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) -The Alabama State Board of Education released data on third graders who took the ACAP reading exam in the spring. Out of 55,930 third graders, 6,470 students scored below grade ...

Alabama third grade students appeared to improve on a test of reading comprehension last year despite a slight increase in testing standards, according to numbers released by the Alabama State ...

State- and district-level Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, or TCAP, test scores released July 8. The scores reveal mixed results as the effects of Tennessee's wide-reaching controversial ...