Under a new state law, students who don't improve their scores this summer will have to repeat third grade, unless they qualify for an exemption.

Alabama’s public elementary and middle school students are taking annual standardized tests this month, and for third graders, the reading portion is extremely important.

The state's third-grade retention law is forcing thousands of students back in the classroom during their break if they want to advance to fourth grade.

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.

As many as 1,800 Alabama third graders will repeat the grade because they aren’t reading well enough to move on to fourth grade, state superintendent Eric Mackey said Thursday.

Dozens of states have third grade reading laws. Here's how they've played out and how they compare to Tennessee.

Tennessee families are sacrificing summer plans as third graders who didn't meet TCAP reading standards face summer school or tutoring.

Lawmakers approved changes to a third grade retention law that could require nearly two-thirds of third graders to take tutoring or repeat the grade.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Tennessee Senate passed a bill to make slight changes to the state’s controversial third-grade retention law, but even if the House approves it, it won’t g… ...

Maryland Superintendent Carey Wright updated a literacy policy draft to allow parents to stop their child from being held back in third grade if the child can’t read.