More than 3,000 Indiana 3rd graders were held back in 3rd grade for this school year because they didn't pass the IREAD test ...

Experts say early literacy gaps don’t just affect academics — they can shape long-term outcomes well beyond the classroom.

CORALVILLE, Iowa — Four different players scored Wednesday night as the Indy Fuel rallied to beat the Iowa Heartlanders, 4-2. Ryan McGuire opened the scoring for the home team, staking Iowa to a 1-0 ...

Detroit — The lanky west Michigan businessman looked a little out of place. Standing before a group of mostly educators, researchers and their industry’s advocates, the retired pharmaceutical company ...

Sadly for the Iowa Hawkeyes, this is a season that has a huge "what if?" attached to it. There's nothing wrong with an 8-4 record, but those four losses were by a combined 15 points. Ultimately, ...

About 39% of third-graders at Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 on the city's South Side scored 'proficient' or above on 2025 state reading tests. Pittsburgh Public Schools is blaming “inconsistent ...

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox launched a campaign on Wednesday to boost the state’s stubbornly low third grade reading scores by hiring more teaching assistants and holding more students back who don’t read ...

Illinois lowered its standards in 2025, but over half of third graders still couldn’t read at grade level. It’s a critical milestone. See how your students did. Even under loosened proficiency ...

A record 77.3% of Mississippi third graders passed their initial reading assessment in spring 2025. The total pass rate, including retests, reached 84.6%, a slight increase from the previous school ...

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