The Third-Grade Reading Summative Assessment is a 50-question, multiple-choice test that measures reading comprehension and proficiency. Public schools statewide will administer the assessment ...

Since then, the percentage of 3rd graders meeting targets for reading in these schools has increased, from 33.4 percent in 2002 to 44.4 percent in 2007, catching them up to their counterparts at ...

Recent STAAR test results show that while Texas students increased literacy rates slightly, nearly half of students in third ...

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

While third-grade reading scores are improving, they haven't rebounded to pre-pandemic levels. Thirty-four percent of Erie third-graders were proficient or advanced readers in 2018-29, before ...

Students in kindergarten through third grade practice those literacy skills every day within the regular curriculum, Gillow said. At Symons, teachers incorporate a "mini lesson" into their reading ...