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

A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below grade level on recent spring reading tests, new state data shows. That’s up from 4,808, or about 9%, of students in 2024.

Some Alabama school districts made big gains on the state's third grade reading test, even as expectations grew tougher, but local districts generally saw a slight drop in the percentage of third ...

Statewide, 57% of 3rd graders are reading at or above grade level. The percentages were lower than the statewide percentage for two Panhandle counties, Bay and Gulf.

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

Sixth grade students at the unnamed K-8 school scored a lower average than the fifth grade students in both reading and math. The sixth grade average math comprehension level was 434, lower than ...

Like Jaden, who attends Scott Elementary, about 12% of Portland Public Schools’ 12,500 students in kindergarten through third grade got help from a reading tutor this year.

Across the country, artificial intelligence tools are changing the teaching profession as educators use them to help write ...

As summer approaches, district leaders will spend part of their vacation strategizing how to improve reading and writing ...

At the start of the school year, about 1,600 third graders were reading below grade level in the parish. Kids received extra support during the school year, and by the spring, the number had dropped ...

More students are reading on grade level Cohort data for last school year's third graders from 2023 to 2025. The state's assessment categorizes students as “above,” “at,” “below,” or “well below” ...