third grade reading guarantee

The current third grade guarantee, which was enacted in 2013, requires students to take a reading test and if they are not reading on grade level, they are held back. Lawmakers want to change the guarantee but are split on how to do that.

The bill would do away with the requirement that students who don't pass a third grade reading test must be retained and repeat the grade.

At least three big school districts are pleading with state education officials to take a close look at what they think is a major discrepancy. This has…

As people around the state continue to study the latest school report cards released by the Department of Education, there seems to be at least one area…