The Parent Access to Supplemental Supports, or PASS, program offers $400 grants to third graders who didn't pass the STAAR ...
Kindergartners who started school scoring in the bottom 20% had only a 1 in 10 chance of reading proficiency by 3rd grade. Those odds worsened if students were still struggling in 1st grade—only 1 in ...
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 level by ...
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 ...
One boy, now 12, said he still struggles with feeling "stupid" after his experience with Tennessee's reading law in 2023.