About 23% of Louisiana third graders were at risk of being held back last spring due to low reading scores. But after students received exemptions or improved their scores, fewer than 3% were required ...

LANSING (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder and lawmakers are making third-graders' ability to read a significant focus this year, emphasizing still-evolving plans to improve kids' literacy long before they're 8- ...

Educators have known for decades that learning how to read by the third grade is a critical milestone for children. Students who fall too far behind by the third grade rarely catch up. One recent ...

Students review what an inference is and use their skills to help answer questions. Students review about what an inference is and they will use their skills to help answer questions about small ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Schools are winding down for the summer prompting many families to reflect on the accomplishments over the year. The Foundations School integrates the arts into their ...

An early literacy bill includes several strategies designed to boost reading skills in K-3 students — including retention.

Third grade students at Fanny Coppin Elementary gathered Wednesday to read the first of 20 books they’ll read in the next 20 weeks. The School District of Philadelphia will give a prize to every third ...

The state’s largest school districts are facing serious challenges. According to the report, 28.9 percent of Oklahoma City’s third graders and 32.7 percent of Tulsa’s scored “unsatisfactory.” However, ...

At the same time that thousands of school districts nationwide are beginning to implement the Common Core State Standards in English/language arts, many also face new state reading policies for the ...