The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies —requirements or recommendations that students who aren’t reading on grade level by ...

Studies showing that children who read below grade level by 3rd grade continue to struggle in school long afterwards have engendered a patchwork of literacy laws across the country. Many of those ...

The first group of children who participated in Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton's early literacy program five years ago lost the reading advantages they had over their peers by third grade, according ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Starting this fall, Ohio’s state assessments may have slightly lower stakes for thousands of third-graders struggling to read. Since 2013, the Third Grade Reading Guarantee has ...