Just 38% of third graders in Sacramento County are reading at grade level, according to a report by Sacramento Literacy Foundation. Researchers described the situation as a “crisis,” the Sacramento ...

Third graders in Maryland who don’t read on grade level by the end of the school year may find themselves repeating the grade. Maryland’s department of education is considering enacting a statewide ...

Students at elementary schools at APS have improved their reading, including students identified in a landmark lawsuit.

Schools and literacy groups in Central Georgia are encouraging reading engagement as experts stress the importance of proficiency by third grade.

Thursday, the Mississippi Department of Education released the results from the first round of this year's third-grade reading assessment.Students took that test last month. On the first try, 75.7% ...

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 ...

As Louisiana tries to boost literacy rates by improving how schools teach reading, a coalition of New Orleans groups is trying to raise awareness of other factors — like attendance and preschool — ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — On Monday, the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute released a report detailing early literacy rates among Utah children, indicating that many of Utah’s children are not as ...

Only 36% of Arizona third graders are reading proficiently, according to the Arizona Progress Meter. What can be changed to ...