More than 3,000 third grade students in Indiana schools this school year, were also in third grade during the last school year. State data show 3,040 third grade students were retained after they didn ...

As states pass laws requiring schools to follow the “science of reading,” one aspect of these policies has stirred up particular controversy: Holding back struggling readers who don’t reach ...

Indiana reading test scores released Wednesday by the state show nearly one in five third graders still struggle to read in what the secretary of education called a "crisis." Statewide results of the ...

TULSA, Okla. — More than a decade after Oklahoma lawmakers voted to stop holding back third-grade students who couldn’t read at grade level, the debate is back at the State Capitol, driven by ...

Major improvements in early literacy in Indiana in 2025 are helping fuel the excitement about what is possible in 2026. Operation Education is revisiting IREAD-3 results and zooming into more schools ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Education advocates, faith leaders and the state’s largest teachers’ union were at the Statehouse Tuesday to voice their concerns about a bill that recently passed out of the Senate.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Test scores are in for Indiana, and they're showing thousands of third graders are still struggling to read. The Indiana Department of Education released results from the ...

Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner speaks to students at the Franklin Community High School gymnasium in October. Daily Journal file photo Indiana’s top education official on Tuesday said she ...

Arkansas schools strengthen efforts to boost third-grade literacy before state tests determine grade advancement, per the ...

The educators at J.B. Nachman Elementary School knew they had to work fast. Several students at the Alexandria school posted low reading scores last spring, putting them at risk of having to repeat ...