Illinois lowered its standards in 2025, but over half of third graders still couldn’t read at grade level. It’s a critical ...

The most common reason is dyslexia that has gone unidentified, leaving the child without the specific instruction required ...

Cox’s 2026 agenda to focus on reading interventions and taking tech out of the classroom, as well as homelessness and housing ...

Just 44% of third graders were proficient in reading at the end of the 2024-2025 school year, down from 46% the year prior.

Apr. 6—Third graders who fail to show grade-level reading proficiency in ongoing ACAP tests could be held back a year under a state law, but area superintendents are optimistic that steps taken to ...

Reading scores for Erie third-graders are improving. And that's good news for their future prospects in school and beyond. Third grade is a kind of watershed year in education. Through third grade, ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this article and its accompanying map contained outdated information about 3rd-grade promotion requirements in Washington state. Washington’s state education ...

As the coronavirus pandemic ravaged communities and shuttered schools, many educators and parents worried about kindergarteners who were learning online. That concern now appears well-founded as we’re ...

Learn about when authors choose to write with the purpose of entertaining their readers. Students will learn about when authors choose to write with the purpose of entertaining their readers. Then ...

Valley PBS and Fresno Unified School District have partnered with Golden 1 Credit Union to create Reading Explorers Lessons for grades Pre-Kindergarten through Third grade. The daily lessons will be ...

After years in which reading scores throughout the state fell short, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced a new initiative Tuesday that would get all California ...

An analysis of standardized test scores in the District of Columbia found that overall 3rd grade reading proficiency rates stayed stagnant between 2007 and 2014—but declined for economically ...