Alabama, for example, passed legislation that required 3rd grade retention in 2019, but decided to delay the enforcement of that policy until the 2023-24 school year.

And when it comes to learning how to read, most experts agree the pivotal year is third grade. “They move from learning how to read to reading to learn other things,” said Emily Mitchell, Vice ...

Test-based promotion – or third grade retention – laws are not new, but while many states allow children to be held back, Tennessee is the latest to require that children who cannot read ...

One is labeled “Level 2 and 3,” for students who are working at the second and third-grade ... competency-based learning. “But we still have grade levels ... more experiments take shape.

While Head Start participation benefited children’s learning and development during their time in the federally funded preschool program, those advantages had mostly vanished by the end of 3rd ...

With nearly 60% of California children not meeting state reading standards by the third grade, strong parent-teacher partnerships and a statewide shift toward evidence-based reading strategies are ...

To be clear, experts caution reading challenges always loomed over third grade students’ performances. In fact, Wayne-Westland Community Schools launched close to 20 literacy coaches assigned to ...

“As we work to align the birth through 8-year-old early learning continuum, P-3 provides successful transition of Pre-K children and families into their school settings,” Alabama Department of ...

Most notably, the amendments raised third-grade reading-level expectations for the 2018-19 school year but also added mandatory individual reading plans for K-3 students who show reading deficiencies.

The Alabama Pre-K–3rd Grade Integrated Approach to Early Learning (P-3) builds upon student success and narrows the achievement gap by expanding access to Alabama’s high-quality pre-k model.

Reading proficiently by the end of third grade is essential to keeping up later, research shows, but a June report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed just a third ...