State Senator Mike Bohacek is the author behind the proposed bill - that would protect children from pedators. South Bend Downtown Dining Association donates record $40k to Beacon Children's Hospital ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Despite improvements in English Language Arts (ELA) test results, thousands of Tennessee children are at risk of not being promoted to the fourth grade. According to data ...

There are thousands of students in Indiana who were in 3rd grade last school year and did not advance to the 4th grade this school year. The IREAD retention law now requires 3rd grade students to be ...

Third graders in Louisiana would be required to pass a state reading test to advance to fourth grade under legislation given final passage on Monday. The sponsor of House Bill 12, Rep. Richard Nelson, ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Education is releasing new data for the 2024-25 IREAD test, specifically how it relates to repeating third grade. The assessment tests whether third graders ...

“This has been passed in at least 13 or so states, some of them now are trying to get rid of the retention law because of its ...

A proposed bill could bring back a retention mandate, requiring third graders who don't pass statewide reading tests to be held back.