MSCS improved third-grade reading proficiency by almost 4% between 2023 and 2024. The second week of Memphis-Shelby County Schools ' Summer Learning Academy wraps up June 13.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — 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. As vacation sea… ...

Most of the third grade classrooms, 43 of 92 (47%), have between 21 and 24 students. Another 32 classrooms in the districts have 25 to 29 students (35%).

Third grade students at Concord West Side Elementary School practice reading. While IREAD-3 data will not be publicly available until August, there are early, positive signs at Concord Community ...

RIDGETOP, Tenn. (WTVF) — Third grade students could be back in the classroom sooner than expected as thousands of Tennessee families navigate the controversial Third Grade Retention Law. Because ...

Louisiana joins more than a dozen states that require third graders who are significantly behind in reading to repeat the grade, according to a 2023 analysis by the Education Commission of the States.

The 2023-2024 Georgia Milestones data reveals that third-grade literacy plays a pivotal role in students' long-term success. CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA / ACCESS Newswire / March 13, 2025 / Third ...

Detroit Public Schools Community District: In this school district, 11.7% of third-grade students were proficient in reading in the 2023-24 school year, compared to 12.4% in the school year prior.

In 2023–24, the first year the exemption was in effect, Ohio schools promoted an astonishing 98% of third graders to fourth grade. This occurred despite the fact that just 65% of third graders ...

Just over 3,000 third graders took the test again during the summer, and of those students, 1,337 passed the benchmark. Overall, about 1,800 students are expected to repeat third grade.

Now, Maryland is considering a policy which would require third graders be able to read at grade level before moving to fourth grade. Dr. Carey Wright has big plans as Maryland State ...

The study, by researchers at the Colorado Futures Center at Colorado State University, found that higher classroom churn was correlated with lower third grade reading scores, based on data from 2019.