1 in 5 adults read below a 3rd grade reading level. Posted: April 16, 2025 | Last updated: April 16, 2025. Here's how one group is working to combat it.

By 2027, state officials hope to have 70% of Utah third graders reading on grade level. Currently, only 48% can. Here’s how they hope to reach that goal.

The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies —requirements or recommendations that students who aren’t reading on grade ...

Just under half of Louisiana’s third graders ended last school year reading below or significantly below grade level, according to a report released Tuesday by the state Department of Education.

Research has borne out that it’s harder for students to succeed if they’re not proficient by 3rd grade. One landmark study found that students who couldn’t read on grade level by then were ...

However, more than one-third of eighth graders are still not reading on grade level. Eighth grade Reading Status Below grade level - 37.2 percent | 43.9 percent in 2023 ...

Nearly a quarter of third graders did not pass the state’s reading test on their first try. Many are now in summer school, ...

West Feliciana Parish 78.9% St. Charles Parish 77.2% Ascension Parish 75.8% Iberville Parish 75.6% Plaquemines Parish 75.2% ...

The Third Grade Reading Guarantee isn’t the only literacy-related issue before lawmakers. The General Assembly is also studying DeWine’s budget proposal to transition all public school ...

For the past three springs — in 2022, 2023 and 2024 — 23% of DPS K-3 students were reading significantly below grade level, up from 16% in the spring of 2019, according to district data.

Just 38% of third graders in Sacramento County are reading at grade level, according to a report by Sacramento Literacy Foundation. Researchers described the situation as a “crisis,” the Sacramento ...

If students aren’t reading “on grade level,” they are at risk of being retained and repeating third grade. Learn more about the standardized test process and what students grades 2-8 are ...