Are second graders equipped to take third grade reading tests next year?

Part of the 'Strong Readers Act' includes the implementation of second graders taking third-grade reading tests, beginning ...
Education Week

The Case for Reading Tutoring Before 3rd Grade, Not After

Last September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers catch up before state reading tests at the end of 3rd grade. By winter, ...

At Tampa school, kids are streaming with reading tutors — and it’s working

Students in Vanessa Malzone’s third grade class at Sheehy Elementary put on their headsets and log into a reading tutoring ...
The Baltimore Sun

Maryland parents could have the option to stop children from repeating third grade

Third-graders struggling to read won’t necessarily be held back, according to an updated draft literacy policy from the Maryland State Board of Education. The policy initially mandated that students ...
NOLA.com

Thousands of 3rd graders could be held back under LA's new reading law. Here's why many won't be.

Lori Robertson knew the stakes were high. Under a new Louisiana law, the third graders she taught this summer at J.B. Nachman Elementary School in Alexandria would have to pass a reading test or be ...
WOOD-TV

Michigan’s third grade reading law ends with few kids getting held back

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan will no longer require school districts to hold back third graders who score too low on reading tests. In March 2023, the Democrats in control of state government ...