NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — You probably remember the third grade retention debate here in Tennessee. But how about fourth grade retention? “Reading proficiency is still important,” Rep.

Her parents decided to opt into yearlong tutoring in fourth grade for their daughter ... referring to the passage of the reading law. "I don’t want 6,000 people to fail. I don’t want 3,000.

Reading passage rates for this year’s Southside fifth-graders dropped 7 percentage points compared to their fourth-grade year, while passing rates for this year’s eighth-graders increased ...

Lansing — The Democratic-led Michigan House voted Tuesday to repeal a 2016 law that requires students to be reading at grade level before being allowed to advance to the fourth grade.

The researchers found that in every one of Ohio’s 611 school districts, the Third Grade Reading Guarantee passage rates were higher than the fourth-grade English Language Arts proficiency rates.