Third grade is regarded as a turning point in reading, when students are expected to read more complex text across the school ...

But before the final bell rings, students in elementary and middle school have one last hurdle to leap: The state’s End-of-Grade tests ... also take the science EOG. This test measures ...

The law allows for just 5 criteria for which a student could be granted a "Good Cause Exemption" which would allow the 3rd grade student to move onto 4th grade without passing the test.

The Mississippi Department of Education announced this week that 25,399 or 77.3%, – the highest-percentage ever – of third ...