SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — It's a crucial time for third graders in Indiana to pass the IREAD test. Three local groups partnered in February to recruit tutors to help those students. Since the launch ...

In pandemic and post-pandemic era education, teachers, school leaders, and parents have been concerned with getting kids back on grade level and closing the achievement gap. In fact, according to the ...

Circle City Readers an Indianapolis tutoring program to address K-3 grade literacy gaps at public schools has improved ...

At some point over the past few pandemic years, many states pressed pause on one particular high-stakes, controversial piece of education policy: 3rd grade retention. But now, it’s back. The laws ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this article and its accompanying map contained outdated information about 3rd-grade promotion requirements in Washington state. Washington’s state education ...