More than half of Tennessee's public school third graders fell short of the state's reading benchmark on this year's TCAP test.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Most Tennessee third graders didn't pass their TCAP reading assessment which decides whether or not they'll be moving up to the next grade.. According to results ...

The retention policies are test-based, meaning that proficiency is largely defined by students’ score on a 3rd grade reading assessment.

As a result, a standardized reading test, they’ve pointed out, isn’t really so much a measure of how well a child can read as it is of how much they know, and the related vocabulary they’ve ...

In 2024, 70% of U.S. eighth-graders did not meet the "National Assessment of Educational Progress Proficient" reading achievement level on a test often referred to as the "Nation's Report Card ...

About 23% of third graders scored "well below" target reading levels on a recent end-of-year assessment, the state said, indicating they face a high risk of reading difficulties.

Nearly 1 in 4 third graders risked being retained under Louisiana's new reading law, but far fewer are likely to be held back ...

Boys are gaining ground in reading proficiency but still trail girls nationally and in Louisiana, a new gender-gap study released Tuesday says. The Center on Education Policy said that while boys ...

The FAST tests are given to students three times over the school year, but only the last one counts toward school accountability.

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Results show 77.3% of third graders passed the reading assessment for the 2024-25 school year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. A total of 25,399 third ...

About 23% of third graders scored "well below" target reading levels on a recent end-of-year assessment, the state said, indicating they face a high risk of reading difficulties.