Inspired by Mississippi, more states are holding back third graders who struggle to read. But a new research paper shows that this policy can have harmful long-run consequences for those students.

FAYETTEVILLE -- Like other school districts in Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville is expecting to hold back some third-grade students next year due to reading performance issues as required under the ...

Lori Robertson knew the stakes were high. Under a new Louisiana law, the third graders she taught this summer at J.B. Nachman Elementary School in Alexandria would have to pass a reading test or be ...

RIDGETOP, Tenn. (WTVF) — Third grade students could be back in the classroom sooner than expected as thousands of Tennessee families navigate the controversial Third Grade Retention Law. Because of ...

The release of TCAP reading scores on May 19 set off a fast-moving timeline for thousands of Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back. A state reading and retention law hinges on third grade ...

Nearly 6% of Jefferson Parish third graders were held back this year under a new Louisiana law that requires school districts to retain students who score poorly on a state reading test. Just over 200 ...

Arkansas students entering the third grade at public schools and open enrollment charter schools this fall will be the first cohort to be retained if they don’t meet literacy expectations, a policy ...