The widespread effects of a statewide third-grade reading and retention law will be felt again this year standardized Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program tests get underway. This year, ...

The fourth graders in Jeremy Lowe’s class at Atlanta’s Parkside Elementary School are on a tight deadline. They only have five minutes to write a dramatic “warm-up play” with characters, a setting, ...

Lawmakers sought to make Michigan a top 10 state for fourth grade reading proficiency. Their initiatives haven't come close to achieving the goal.

(CBS DETROIT) - Michigan has ranked in the bottom 10 states for fourth-grade reading, according to a report from The Education Trust-Midwest. According to the report, the ranking is "projected to ...

Oklahoma's House Speaker Kyle Hilbert is pushing a bill to overhaul reading education, proposing interventions for struggling ...

Three years ago, big fourth-grade reading gains in Mississippi helped inspire North Carolina to invest $50 million in a program designed to help educators do better at teaching children to read. Now a ...

Our fourth-grade reading scores have fallen to 1998 levels. The state must double down on investing in evidence-based reading instruction.