A new reading initiative aims to help more Jackson third graders read on grade level. Project 75 aims to boost the percentage of third graders in Mississippi's Capitol city who pass the state ...

Thursday, the Mississippi Department of Education released the results from the first round of this year's third-grade reading assessment.Students took that test last month. On the first try, 75.7% ...

The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) recently released data pertaining to the third-grade reading assessment ...

“Data-driven” instruction makes sense only if the data that’s driving it makes sense, but experts say much of the data used to guide reading instruction doesn’t, as Forbes reported. Classrooms across ...

Illinois lowered its standards in 2025, but over half of third graders still couldn’t read at grade level. It’s a critical ...

85% of third graders passed the third-grade reading assessment after the final retest. It was one point higher than the 2023-24 academic year. 84.5 percent of third-graders at Pass Road Elementary ...

JACKSON, Miss. - A record high 77.3% of Mississippi third graders passed the state reading assessment on their first attempt in 2025, the Mississippi Department of Education reported. Students took ...

A record 77.3% of Mississippi third graders passed their initial reading assessment in spring 2025. Mississippi's Literacy-Based Act requires third-grade students to pass the reading test to be ...

"I am proud of the commendable performance Kentucky students demonstrated during their assessments," Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher said.

Corrected: The headquarters location of Hanover Research was misstated in an earlier version of this Commentary. The firm is located in Washington. A high level of scrutiny and uncertainty surrounds ...

The governing board that oversees the test known as the “nation’s report card” has adopted a new framework for designing the reading assessment, one that will provide more granular information about ...