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%). (Can’t see the chart? Click here.) ...

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.

Arkansas LEARNS has now been in effect for about two years. However, there’s now one policy in place that could put some third graders at risk of being left behind.

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 ...

Among other changes, SEA1 prohibits 3rd grade students from being promoted to 4th grade if they don't pass the IREAD after multiple testing opportunities. The law allows for just 5 criteria for ...

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 ...

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.

The practice of 3rd grade retention has trended upwards in recent years, but the research on the practice is complex, and it has been criticized by education experts who argue that such policies ...