MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Board of Education voted 7-to-2 on Thursday to raise the score requirement on the state’s third grade reading test — the first hurdle determining whether the ...

Third graders statewide can expect a new standard for reading levels this school year. The State Board of Education approved a resolution Thursday. In order to move on to the fourth grade ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The State Board of Education is now raising the required reading scores for students to move on to the fourth grade. Last year, about 9% of third graders in the state were ...

The initiative sprang from literacy legislation passed this year that calls for schools to screen all students in kindergarten through third grade for reading deficits; provide supplementary ...

Students in the city’s public schools have made significant progress in academic achievement in nine of 13 areas during the 2023-24 school year, according to the district’s preliminary ...