New data shows the impact of Indiana's new IREAD retention law that prevents third graders from promoting if they can't pass ...

Nevada 3rd grade reading rates up, but fewer than half proficient as retention rule looms. Read more from The Nevada ...

About 3,000 Indiana third graders are repeating the grade this year under a new state law that requires students to pass the ...

According to new data released Wednesday by the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE), roughly 3,000 students were held back ...

Michigan's third graders ― at a stage of development when stakes are high to master reading — slid in those scores on the state M-STEP test compared with 2023, while elementary schoolers largely ...

Of the 10,663 third graders who did not pass the IREAD test, 6,950 were able to advance to fourth grade with a good cause ...

New data shows 87.3% of Hoosier third graders demonstrated proficient reading skills on the IREAD exam in 2024-25. (Getty Images) Indiana’s latest reading assessment scores showed the largest ...

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

The Vigo County School Corp. had 26 children retained in third grade for not meeting the state’s reading proficiency standards, according to Indiana Department of Education data. The state has made ...

Indiana third graders’ reading proficiency improved at a record-breaking rate in 2025, putting students’ scores on par with pre-pandemic levels. Statewide, 87.3% of third graders scored proficient on ...

Nationally, fourth grade students’ reading scores have been sliding for a long time.  But in the past five years, Louisiana ...