Sixty percent of Tennessee third graders faced the prospect of repeating the grade, but only 1.2 percent failed to get past the "reading...

Third graders are way behind in reading, reports Hechinger's Jill Barshay. These students, who were in kindergarten when their schools...

Louisiana students not reading at grade level in K-4 would be required to attend summer school -- or repeat a grade -- under a proposal...