Arizona Literacy Plan 2030, a statewide initiative launched by Read On Arizona, aims to increase third-grade reading proficiency from 39% to 72%.

More than half of Tennessee's public school third graders fell short of the state's reading benchmark on this year's TCAP ...

New research on the impact of retention is complicating states' approaches to retaining 3rd graders who aren't yet proficient.

The law required holding back third graders who failed a reading proficiency test. Proponents of striking retention requirement called it punitive.

Just over half of the third graders in Jackson Public Schools are reading on grade level, according to test results released last week by the Mississippi Department of Education.

A state Senate committee voted to advance a bill to repeal the retention rule in Michigan's Read by Grade Three law.

A pandemic-related exception to the requirement that students repeat the third grade if they’re not reading proficiently ends with this academic year.

By 2027, state officials hope to have 70% of Utah third graders reading on grade level. Currently, only 48% can. Here’s how they hope to reach that goal.

Dozens of states have third grade reading laws. Here's how they've played out and how they compare to Tennessee.

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala. (WTVY) - The third-grade tests scores are in for Alabama schools. When it comes to the Wiregrass, Houston County Board of Education saw the highest pass rate of any other ...

Marion County results: Here's how Marion County school districts scored on key third-grade reading test All of the suburban districts that surround Indianapolis surpassed the state's average ...

A rule that keeps third graders from advancing to the next grade if they don’t pass a standardized reading test is hopefully on its way to being revoked in the Legislature. If children are ...