Want to help your third-grader master the basics of reading and writing? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Use what a sentence says to figure out the meaning of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the reading skills of Ohio's youngest students, according to state data. The third-grade reading proficiency decreased statewide from 67% in the 2018 ...

At some point over the past few pandemic years, many states pressed pause on one particular high-stakes, controversial piece of education policy: 3rd grade retention. But now, it’s back. The laws ...

As many as 1,800 Alabama third graders will repeat the grade because they aren’t reading well enough to move on to fourth grade, state superintendent Eric Mackey said Thursday. It’s a pivotal moment ...

Black students saw the highest increase in literacy rates, with a 3.2 percentage point increase from last year's results. More than 67,000 Indiana third graders passed the state's reading skills ...

A committee of Louisiana's top school board Tuesday approved a watered-down version of a plan aimed at improving reading skills among third- and fourth-graders. Under the original plan by state ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Indiana. Thousands of Indiana students advanced through elementary school without demonstrating critical reading skills, new data from the Indiana ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New data shows 87.3% of Hoosier third graders demonstrated proficient reading skills on the IREAD exam in 2024-25. (Getty Images) ...

QUAD CITIES (KWQC) - Experts say one of the clearest predictors of a child’s future success happens before they ever reach grade school. Early literacy serves as a critical foundation for academic ...

3rd grade students around Indiana are getting ready to take the IREAD-3 assessment. IREAD-3 is measures foundational reading skills based on Indiana Academic Standards. Indiana Department of Education ...