The study, “Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation,” will be posted by the Annie E. Casey Foundation here.

OPB has been following students in the Class of 2025 since they were kindergarteners. Now they're in third grade and that means taking state tests for the first time.

An analysis of standardized test scores in the District of Columbia found that overall 3rd grade reading proficiency rates stayed stagnant between 2007 and 2014—but declined for economically ...

Florida Senate proposes scrapping the state’s third-grade retention rule and a law that high school students pass two exams to graduate.

An overlooked corner of the dropout problem became more visible Thursday when state officials for the first time released the dropout rate for eighth-graders. Statewide, about 3.5% of eighth ...