Learning to read is widely considered the bridge to later academic success. In hopes of ensuring that success, more than a dozen states, including Florida, require students to pass a reading test to ...

Learn how to use technology to help develop your third-grader’s growing interest in reading. There is a large selection of online books for children, many with interactive features such as animations ...

New research that suggests struggling English-learners could benefit from repeating 3rd grade has drawn a strong rebuke from leading scholars—and rekindled the national debate over so-called “literacy ...

Michigan's third graders continued to slide in reading on the state M-STEP assessment, according to scores just released ...

STEP, or Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress, is taken each year by students in grades three through seven.

Arkansas lawmakers continued to express concern Tuesday about a newly effective law that prohibits students who don’t meet ...

More than half of Tennessee third graders fell short of a threshold required to move on to fourth grade unless they meet exemption standards, up their scores in a retake, attend summer school, undergo ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Department of Education announced several ways third grade students can retake the TCAP test and the appeals window for families. “Third grade is a pivotal year ...