SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading ...

About 23% of third graders, or nearly 12,000 students, scored below the required reading level last spring. But fewer than 3% were ultimately held back, according to newly provided state data.

A law passed last year requiring clearer test score reports could be scrapped after Gov. Mike Kehoe’s budget dropped funding ...

STAAR tests are far from the only standardized exams students take each year. Some districts also give students optional ...

Rather, hope emerges in the most unlikely of places: three states here in the Deep South that long represented America’s ...

Superintendent Karen Molinar presented mid-year MAP data for students from kindergarten to eighth grade.

Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana traditionally were America’s educational basement, but now they are showing blue states a ...

Students currently learn cursive between third and fifth grade. If House Bill 127 becomes law, students will begin learning ...

According to a progress report, in the first six weeks of this school year, only 20% of 3rd graders met grade level or above in English Language Arts and Reading. By the 2nd six weeks, that doubled to ...

The BCCI announced its list of centrally contracted players for the 2025-26 season, and the system was revamped as the A+ ...

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