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 ...

About 3,000 Indiana students are repeating third grade this school year for not meeting the state’s reading proficiency standards. Data released Wednesday by the Indiana Department of Education showed ...

State data released Wednesday show 3.6% of third graders who took the 2025 IREAD did not pass and did not qualify for an exemption. (Pixabay) About 3,000 Indiana third graders are repeating the grade ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Education is releasing new data for the 2024-25 IREAD test, specifically how it relates to repeating third grade. The assessment tests whether third graders ...

Just over 3,000 third graders were kept from advancing to the fourth grade in 2025 after being unable to pass the Indiana standardized reading test. Data released during the State Board of Education ...

About 3,000 Indiana third graders are repeating the grade this fall under a new state law that ties promotion to a reading test. It’s the most students retained since Indiana began tracking elementary ...

It can be tough to know exactly how the next generation is processing this tense era in our country’s history. Toward the end of last school year, we decided to go directly to the source and have ...

Out of nearly 3,300 third graders in New Orleans public schools last year, only four were required to repeat the grade under a new state reading law. It isn't because the city's students are so ...

High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...

While the Michigan Department of Education leaders praised improvements made by students in some grades in reading and math on the state test, the state's third graders continued to slide in reading ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - WBRC has an update on Alabama’s Literacy Law. WBRC now knows how many third graders did not move on to the fourth grade this school year - because they scored below reading ...