The widespread effects of a statewide third-grade reading and retention law will be felt again this year standardized Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program tests get underway. This year, ...

Indiana’s third grade reading policy dates back to a 2010 law passed by the General Assembly. Then-Gov. Mitch Daniels and state superintendent Tony Bennett asked the legislature to pass a law ...

Arkansas students entering the third grade at public schools and open enrollment charter schools this fall will be the first cohort to be retained if they don’t meet literacy expectations, a policy ...

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 ...