Thousands of Tennessee fourth graders will have to show during state testing this spring that they've made progress toward becoming better readers in order to move to the fifth grade, according to an ...

Haley Eason got the call in December that her fourth grader may face being held back for the second time in a year because of Tennessee's controversial reading law. Since then, she's been on a ...

A Tennessee bill that could curb how many fourth graders are held back under a state reading law remains in limbo over a disagreement between the House and Senate. The reading law requires third ...

While these Southern states made some gains in reading, they weren’t evenly felt across different student populations.