The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies —requirements or recommendations that students who aren’t reading on grade ...

Both of these studies looked at Florida, a state that has had a 3rd grade reading policy on the books since 2003. In a 2017 study , researchers followed students who were retained in 3rd grade ...

Arizona Literacy Plan 2030, a statewide initiative launched by Read On Arizona, aims to increase third-grade reading proficiency from 39% to 72%.

Penney: The importance of third grade reading. Published 5:00 am Thursday, November 9, 2023. ... Guest Columnist. Kyle Penney. Timothy Tinker was a book I remember reading over and over as a child.

All third grade students will receive 10 books selected through the district’s partnership with Scholastic. The district will spend just over $550,000 on the program, officials said. The books, which ...

While third-grade reading scores are improving, they haven't rebounded to pre-pandemic levels. Thirty-four percent of Erie third-graders were proficient or advanced readers in 2018-29, before ...

Florida is credited with starting the wave of third-grade reading laws in 2003, although Mississippi’s law, which passed in 2013, has attracted more attention recently due to the state’s ...