"IREAD is really written towards an end of second grade, beginning of third grade reading level," says Concord 3rd grade teacher, Taylor Freymuth. Freymuth teaches at Oxbow Elementary School.

Alabama’s reading scores are improving, but students’ results vary widely between schools and districts. AL.com analyzed the latest 2025 spring reading scores for third- and second-grade students. In ...

Personalized reading plans are revolutionizing the way 2nd-grade students learn to read. These tailored approaches address ...

Nearly five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Valley test scores remain below grade level. Between 2019 to 2024, Pennsylvania ranked 38th in math recovery and 31st in reading.

Nearly a quarter of third graders did not pass the state’s reading test on their first try. Many are now in summer school, ...

DPS first raised the alarm about the pandemic’s effects on early literacy in the fall of 2021, when test scores showed a steep drop in the percentage of young students reading at grade level.

Act 602 requires ballot titles be at no higher than an eighth grade reading level. That’s determined by running text through the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Readability Test, designed by the Navy ...

The percentage of students hitting grade-level expectations on STAAR reading tests improved in most grades and topped ...

Just under half of Louisiana’s third graders ended last school year reading below or significantly below grade level, according to a report released Tuesday by the state Department of Education.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD-3) exam has been a familiar milestone for Indiana’s third graders, but this year, students could be at risk ...

Presenting HB1713 to the Senate State Agencies committee on Thursday morning, Rose said the primary reason for the bill is that the average American has an 8th grade reading level.

The 2019 Alabama Literacy Act requires students reading on grade level by the end of third grade. Students who fall short on the test and don’t meet an alternative requirement can be held back.