3rd graders who don't meet reading standards may not move on to 4th grade unless parents intervene, per new Maryland policy
With the start of the 2026-2027 school year, third graders who do not meet reading level standards could be held back unless parents intervene, according to a new policy from the Maryland Board of ...
Parents now call the shots on whether their struggling third-graders are held back. But does it help or hurt Ohio students?
For the past decade, Ohio required that students who failed reading benchmarks be held back. Now, a new policy hands that ...
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Third grade reading standards increase in Alabama
or if they’ve got children in this year’s third grade– what they need to do is just focus on those reading skills,” explained ...
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Md. education board approves plan to hold back third graders who fall short on reading
The Maryland State Board of Education gave final approval Tuesday to a controversial literacy policy that calls for holding back third grade students who aren’t meeting reading standards ...
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To support the use of Alaska Native languages in schools, educators propose reading standards
Fourteen educators — Ahtna, Aleut, Alutiiq, Gwich’in Athabascan, Inupiaq, Tlingit and Yup’ik — developed reading standards that lay out what students from kindergarten through third grade ...