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

One policy analyst is calling the first year of results from Wisconsin reading screeners for students through third grade ...

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

Overall, MCCSC had a successful testing year with an 86.8% pass rate for IREAD, which is a 3.7% increase from last year, but ...

About 3,000 Indiana students are repeating third grade this school year for not meeting the state’s reading proficiency ...

The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) recently released data pertaining to the third-grade reading assessment ...

October 9, 2025 - For Chelsea Duran, returning to high school for her senior year means being on high alert, watching over her shoulder for immigration enforcement agents. After years in which reading ...

A record 77.3% of Mississippi third graders passed their initial reading assessment in spring 2025. Mississippi's Literacy-Based Act requires third-grade students to pass the reading test to be ...

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The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) recently released data pertaining to the third-grade reading assessment ...