Proficiency by grade 3 is linked to long-term academic and life outcomes, making early identification of struggling students key.

Kindergartners who started school scoring in the bottom 20% had only a 1 in 10 chance of reading proficiency by 3rd grade.

Those early differences can have critical implications for whether students ultimately reach proficiency by third grade — a critical academic benchmark closely tied to long-term educational success.

Michigan's third graders ― at a stage of development when stakes are high to master reading — slid in those scores on the state M-STEP test compared with 2023, while elementary schoolers largely ...

WESTLAKE, Ohio — There’s a friendly math rivalry between two classrooms unfolding at St. Bernadette Elementary School in Westlake. It’s “Math Madness”. Who knew math could be so competitive. Miss ...

Tennessee's statewide TCAP test scores are out, showing modest gains and continued recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The third- through eighth-grade scores in Houston ISD largely mirrored statewide trends, with the district performing ...