Diamond, a third grader in Jefferson Parish, does a timed reading exercise with her summer school teacher, Emily Gurtner. Emily Gurtner sits at a small table in the corner of her third-grade classroom ...

Each August in rural southwestern Oklahoma, more than half of Frederick Elementary School’s incoming third graders begin ...

As the coronavirus pandemic ravaged communities and shuttered schools, many educators and parents worried about kindergarteners who were learning online. That concern now appears well-founded as we’re ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio students who were held back from fourth grade due to a state law requiring struggling readers to repeat third grade performed better on English language arts in fourth through ...

Can you spell deja vu? The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions haggle over a bill that would mandate a ...

The Maryland State Board of Education is considering a policy that would make third graders repeat the year if they can’t read at grade level. Students in second through 12th grades already can be ...

Reading scores for Erie third-graders are improving. And that's good news for their future prospects in school and beyond. Third grade is a kind of watershed year in education. Through third grade, ...

Third grade students at Fanny Coppin Elementary gathered Wednesday to read the first of 20 books they’ll read in the next 20 weeks. The School District of Philadelphia will give a prize to every third ...

Over the next few weeks, students across Alabama will take standardized tests in English language arts, math and science. Students aren’t graded on their results, but it is especially important for ...

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