Last September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers catch up before state reading tests at the end of 3rd grade. By winter, ...

Second grade is a pivotal year when children shift from learning to read toward reading to learn. Building comprehension skills now sets them up for academic success and a lifelong love of books. With ...

More than half of Indiana's second graders took the IREAD-3 test used to measure third graders' reading ability. The IREAD-3 test measures third graders’ reading aptitude and helps determine if they ...

A bill that would require students to repeat the third grade if their test scores aren't high enough is back in the Oklahoma ...

Alabama’s reading scores are improving, but students’ results vary widely between schools and districts. AL.com analyzed the latest 2025 spring reading scores for third- and second-grade students. In ...

Reading scores are improving in Alabama, but thousands of third graders could still be held back this year if they can’t catch up over the summer. When adjusted to current benchmarks, about 88% of ...