Governor: Flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of fire chief killed in line of duty Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered all U.S. and Michigan flags to be lowered to half-staff on Tuesday to honor ...

• More than one-third of Wisconsin students in 4K through 3rd grade are reading below grade level, affecting over 97,000 students statewide • First-grade students face the greatest challenges, with 46 ...

A record 77.3% of Mississippi third graders passed their initial reading assessment in spring 2025. The total pass rate, including retests, reached 84.6%, a slight increase from the previous school ...

The latest results of Mississippi's third-grade reading test show no dramatic declines in student performance. But they show no significant gains, either. Since 2021-22, the first year of student data ...

State data released Wednesday show 3.6% of third graders who took the 2025 IREAD did not pass and did not qualify for an exemption. (Pixabay) About 3,000 Indiana third graders are repeating the grade ...

Just over 3,000 third graders were kept from advancing to the fourth grade in 2025 after being unable to pass the Indiana standardized reading test. Data released during the State Board of Education ...

About 3,000 Indiana third graders are repeating the grade this fall under a new state law that ties promotion to a reading test. It’s the most students retained since Indiana began tracking elementary ...

INDIANA — Indiana third graders’ reading proficiency improved at a record-breaking rate this year, putting students’ scores on par with pre-pandemic levels. Statewide, 87.3% of third graders scored ...

New data shows 87.3% of Hoosier third graders demonstrated proficient reading skills on the IREAD exam in 2024-25. (Getty Images) Indiana’s latest reading assessment scores showed the largest ...

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Indiana’s latest reading assessment scores showed the largest year-to-year improvement since the state began IREAD testing in 2013, rising nearly five percentage points from last year, according to ...