CINCINNATI (WRKC) – For almost a decade, Ohio third-graders needed to pass a reading test before moving on to fourth grade. But state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are hoping to change that. ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is sounding the alarm about how remote learning may affect students long-term. McCrory, who’s running for U.S. Senate, talked about third-grade reading scores on ...

School board members are asking why third-grade scores on state mastery tests at Mary Murphy Elementary School dropped so drastically in the past year. And they want to know what steps are being taken ...

Out of nearly 3,300 third graders in New Orleans public schools last year, only four were required to repeat the grade under ...

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

The first part of McCrory’s claim has factual basis but needs context. Officials say 75% of third-graders weren’t reading at grade-level when they took the beginning-of-grade test. The second part of ...

While statewide M-STEP scores declined in third-grade reading in 2025, the Detroit Free Press identified schools where scores improved.

Indiana reading test scores released Wednesday by the state show nearly one in five third graders still struggle to read in what the secretary of education called a "crisis." Statewide results of the ...

Districts across Mississippi may be dismissing for summer break this week, but it’s crunch time for thousands of third-graders who failed the state’s literacy promotion exam. The state Department of ...