A homework assignment asked fourth-graders at a private school in Wauwatosa to argue why slavery was a good thing. It prompted an apology from the principal of Our Redeemer Lutheran School, who said ...

Like most of the nation, California students were stuck in low gear again in 2024. On the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), they performed significantly below their pre-pandemic ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Starting this fall, Ohio’s state assessments may have slightly lower stakes for thousands of third-graders struggling to read. Since 2013, the Third Grade Reading Guarantee has ...

TAMPA, Fla. - Florida’s school test scores are declining as the nation struggles with student performance as well. Florida ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana students are finding success in reading like never before. According to the Indiana Department of Education, Indiana achievement in fourth grade reading improved to sixth in the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Usually a group without much fanfare, the Tennessee State School Board provided a clear message to the legislature: amend the third and fourth grade retention law. The body ...

Students all over the country lost ground during the pandemic, with remote learning especially hard for young kids. Experts say other challenges to students’ reading achievement include too much use ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A pandemic-related exception to the requirement that students repeat the third grade if they’re not reading proficiently ends with this academic year, and state lawmakers are ...

Third graders in Louisiana would be required to pass a state reading test to advance to fourth grade under legislation given final passage on Monday. The sponsor of House Bill 12, Rep. Richard Nelson, ...

California students performed significantly below their pre-pandemic scores in math and reading on the latest National Assessment for Educational Progress, the results of which were released Wednesday ...