Starting the 2019-20 school year, students who are at least a grade level behind in their reading ability by the end of third grade could be held back under a new state law. In preparation, Michigan ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Thousands of students across New York state will take standardized tests in reading, math and science starting next month — and we gathered previous test questions to see if ...

As states pass laws requiring schools to follow the “science of reading,” one aspect of these policies has stirred up particular controversy: Holding back struggling readers who don’t reach ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this article and its accompanying map contained outdated information about 3rd-grade promotion requirements in Washington state. Washington’s state education ...

Over the next few weeks, students across Alabama will take standardized tests in English language arts, math and science. Students aren’t graded on their results, but it is especially important for ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A pandemic-related exception to the requirement that students repeat the third grade if they’re not reading proficiently ends with this academic year, and state lawmakers are ...

To learn more about The Alabama Education Lab and receive notifications about stories and events, sign up for its newsletter, Ed Chat. The Alabama Literacy Act, first passed in 2019, will go fully ...