Michigan's third graders continued to slide in reading on the state M-STEP assessment, according to scores just released ...

These laws are often called third-grade reading retention policies. They say, if a student cannot read at grade level, they either repeat third grade or receive interventions to catch up.

STEP, or Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress, is taken each year by students in grades three through seven.

Only 38.9% of the third graders were proficient in ELA in the assessments taken last spring, down from 39.6% a year earlier, ...

The district is still far behind statewide averages, but researchers say it has shown consistent incremental growth.

WBRC now knows how many third graders did not move on to the fourth grade this school year- because they scored below reading ...

Huntsville City Schools released that 97% of students passed the Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program (ACAP) and advanced ...

Indiana third graders reached pre-pandemic proficiency levels on the state reading test, the IREAD, ahead of a new mandatory retention law this school year.