Some third graders whose scores fall short can meet exemptions that allow them move on to fourth grade without any further action. Those students include: English language learners who have ...

That setoff a fast-moving timeline that will ultimately determine if third graders who fall short on the test will move on to fourth grade or be held back. Thousands of fourth graders who opted ...

Only about one-third of elementary school students in the U.S. are reading at grade level ... last year and will be in every classroom this fall. "What we were doing was not working," Borges ...

The law requires that students in third grade be retained unless they fall into a narrow exception. It also requires school districts to test students in second grade. Students can receive an ...