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, ...

One of every eight Ohio third-graders has yet to pass the state reading test, according to preliminary data released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Education. Under Ohio’s new Third-Grade Reading ...

95.8% — Statewide passage rate for third-grade reading test in 2013-14 34 – Local school districts better than state rate 6 – Local districts worse than state rate 15 – Local districts where every ...

COLUMBUS — Gov. John Kasich will try to lobby state representatives this week to restore his education reform proposal revised and passed this week by the Senate. Kasich blasted senators Tuesday for ...

2nd graders to take 3rd grade reading tests next school year ...

The Springfield News-Sun digs into important education issues in Clark and Champaign counties, including how local students perform on state exams. Hundreds of third graders in Clark and Champaign ...

TULSA, Okla. — More than a decade after Oklahoma lawmakers voted to stop holding back third-grade students who couldn’t read at grade level, the debate is back at the State Capitol, driven by ...

Sweeping changes to public school reading policies, including having struggling readers repeat third grade, overwhelmingly passed the state House on Monday. Senate BiIl 1778 passed 87-5 and now ...

LEADER KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT TEN. NEBRASKA CHILDREN MAY SEE A CHANGE IN THEIR READING GOALS. GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN IS PROPOSING A NEW THIRD GRADE READING BILL. GOOD EVENING. I’M JULIE CORNELL. I’M ...