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.

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

A new bill presented on the first day of the 2026 Oklahoma legislative session would hold third-grade students back a year if ...

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 ...

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

The Oilers had a chance to prove their Stanley Cup playoff cred, but lost 7-3 to the powerful Wild of Minnesota, raising ...

What I see is schools fighting for their students. These states have created a structure that closely monitors each school’s performance and incentivizes principals and teachers alike to do ...