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 ...
Half of the students in Chambersburg Area School District cannot read by the end of third grade. The district is shifting from "balanced literacy" to "structured literacy," which focuses on phonics. A ...
The Advanced Education Research & Development Fund report offers insights into where older readers struggle and advice on how ...
TCAP reading scores will set off a fast-moving timeline for Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back.
TULSA, Okla. — More than a decade after Oklahoma lawmakers voted to stop holding back third-grade students who couldn’t read at grade level, the debate is back at the State Capitol, driven by ...
The top schools got money to put toward reading efforts at the school, new basketballs and new shoes for students.
More than 3,000 third grade students in Indiana schools this school year, were also in third grade during the last school year. State data show 3,040 third grade students were retained after they didn ...
Oklahoma is on the verge of a major shakeup in how kids learn to read, especially by third grade. On March 26, 2026, the ...