When third-graders must pass a reading test to be promoted, at-risk students improve more.

States that want a reading "miracle" need high standards and accountability -- not just "science of reading" mandates.

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

Holding kids back if they're way behind in reading is very controversial, but new research shows that repeating a grade in elementary...