Third-graders across Mississippi will participate Friday in the first wave of reading tests to determine who advances to the fourth grade and who repeats another year in third. Some 38,000 ...

TCAP testing is set to begin Monday, which means third graders who don’t score a high enough reading score indicating they are reading at grade level could be held back because of the third ...

Teachers are required to test the reading level of children in kindergarten, first, second and third grade at the beginning, middle and end of each school year, according to the law.

LETRS helped raise the percentage of English-language learners reading on grade level from 15% at the start of the 2022-2023 school year to 76%. Johnson said LETRS has changed nearly every aspect ...

By 2027, state officials hope to have 70% of Utah third graders reading on grade level. ... At the start of the 2022-23 school year, 57% of kindergartners were at benchmark.