COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Just over a decade ago, state lawmakers made an ambitious pledge to Ohioans that every child would read proficiently by the end of third grade. Under legislation known as the Third ...

Indiana third graders’ reading proficiency improved at a record-breaking rate in 2025, putting students’ scores on par with pre-pandemic levels. Statewide, 87.3% of third graders scored proficient on ...

Virginia has made reading by third grade a priority. Now it is time to make it a top priority. Our state has one of the most comprehensive reading policies in the nation from preschool to eighth grade ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - When the 2023-24 school year started, Alabama public education officials braced themselves for the possibility of a large number of third graders who would need to be held ...

While the Michigan Department of Education leaders praised improvements made by students in some grades in reading and math on the state test, the state's third graders continued to slide in reading ...

New data shows 87.3% of Hoosier third graders demonstrated proficient reading skills on the IREAD exam in 2024-25. (Getty Images) Indiana’s latest reading assessment scores showed the largest ...

TUPELO — The final results are out, and third grade students in Tupelo nearly matched the statewide average in reading ability, while third graders in Lee County, Oxford and Lafayette County surpassed ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan will no longer require school districts to hold back third graders who score too low on reading tests. In March 2023, the Democrats in control of state government ...

Thursday, the Mississippi Department of Education released the results from the first round of this year's third-grade reading assessment.Students took that test last month. On the first try, 75.7% ...

One Benton Harbor nonprofit is helping young children learn emotional regulation, empathy, and coping skills.The goal of the nonprofit called "Grounded" is to e Unsung Heroes: Staff Sergeant Raymond ...