What’s the good news — and not so good news — from The Nation’s Report Card?

The Nation’s Report Card released Wednesday revealed that a larger percentage of 9-year-old students were performing at or above “Level 200” for both reading math than students that were the same age ...
U.S. News & World Report

Teens' Reading and Math Scores Have Stagnated, US Test Results Show

Teens' Reading and Math Scores Have Stagnated, US Test Results Show WASHINGTON (AP) — Younger students have regained ground academically after the pandemic's disruptions while older students' test ...
4029tv

Fort Smith Schools working to keep students from repeating third-grade under LEARNS Act

DISTRICT IS WORKING TO KEEP STUDENTS ON TRACK. >> IT’S A PIVOTAL YEAR FOR LEARNING WHERE YOU SHIFT FROM LEARNING TO READ TO READING TO LEARN. >> THAT’S WHY THIRD GRADE IS NOW AT THE CENTER OF A NEW ...
KWTX

Riesel third graders create comic book series for a purpose

RIESEL, Texas (KWTX) — Two third graders from Foster Elementary School in Riesel ISD started their own comic book series featuring a cartoon hot dog named Glizzy Man. Oliver Franklin and Hayes ...
Post and Courier

SC schools are holding more third graders back because of their English scores

COLUMBIA — More South Carolina students had to repeat the third grade this school year because of a 2024 law that revamped the state’s elementary literacy education system, public data shows. Schools ...
The Baltimore Sun

Cursive instruction expanding to all Baltimore County 2nd, 3rd graders

Baltimore County Public Schools will bring cursive writing back to all second- and third-grade classrooms next school year following a pilot program launched this fall, Superintendent Myriam Rogers ...
Daily Journal

Most Mississippi third graders passed ‘reading gate’ on first attempt

More than 75% of Mississippi’s third-grade public schoolers passed the reading Mississippi Academic Assessment Program on the first try. The Mississippi Department of Education announced the scores ...
The Clarion-Ledger

75% of MS 3rd graders pass reading test. How Jackson area schools scored

The Mississippi Department of Education announced Thursday, May 21, that nearly 76% of third graders passed the state reading assessment on their first attempt, though the passing rate dropped ...
UPI

Noah Kahan's 'Great Divide' tops U.S. album chart for 3rd week

May 23 (UPI) --Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan's The Great Divide is the No. 1 album in the United States for a third week. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Ella Langley's ...
WAPT

Education department releases third grade reading exam results

The Mississippi Department of Education said 75.6% of third graders in the state passed the initial reading assessment given in the spring of this past school year.A total of 31,887 students took the ...