The Alabama State Department of Education released statewide data for the Spring 2025 Alabama Comprehensive Assessment ...

Alabama's third graders improve reading scores despite higher standards, with 13.7% below cut-off compared to last year's ...

The 2019 Alabama Literacy Act requires students reading on grade level by the end of third grade. Students who fall short on the test and don't meet an alternative requirement can be held back.

When adjusted to current benchmarks, about 88% of third-grade students are reading on or above grade level, compared to 86% last year. Students are getting better at phonics, decoding words and ...

Alabama third grade students appeared to improve on a test of reading comprehension last year despite a slight increase in testing standards, according to numbers released by the Alabama State ...

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There are 3,102 third-grade students enrolled in Summer Learning Academy. But how many students are required to be there under state law is embargoed.

some of those students will have to repeat third grade. About 23% of third graders scored "well below" target reading levels on a recent end-of-year assessment, the state said, indicating they ...

but the number required due to the reading law is unknown because of a state data embargo. MSCS improved third-grade reading proficiency by almost 4% between 2023 and 2024. The second week of ...