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Less students may be held back a grade thanks to this policy change

DATE:  December 18, 2023

Passed in 2016, The “Read by Grade 3 Law” is moving into a new chapter. The Education Policy Innovation Collaborative explains that the requirement to hold students back for low literacy test scores has been removed. 

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