This stemmed from the Third Grade Retention Law. This new law affects kids who struggled with the English and reading sections of the TCAP test during third grade. Rather than summer camps, ...

Maryland would join a host of states with third grade retention policies. But evidence has been mixed about the long-term effectiveness of holding students back, partly because of sparse research ...

Nearly a quarter of third graders did not pass the state’s reading test on their first try. Many are now in summer school, ...

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If students aren’t reading “on grade level,” they are at risk of being retained and repeating third grade. Learn more about the standardized test process and what students grades 2-8 are ...