CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The first full school year with implementation of the Third Grade Success Act has wrapped up in West Virginia. Sen. Amy Grady (R-Mason) The legislation aims to improve math and ...

At some point over the past few pandemic years, many states pressed pause on one particular high-stakes, controversial piece of education policy: 3rd grade retention. But now, it’s back. The laws ...

McKinley Elementary third grade student Eren Hanbing Lin reads a chapter he wrote and illustrated detailing how to use a glue stick from a book the third-grade class published, “Steps to Doing What ...

Just over 3,000 third graders were kept from advancing to the fourth grade in 2025 after being unable to pass the Indiana standardized reading test. Data released during the State Board of Education ...