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Michigan Senate panel removes flunking from third grade reading law
DATE: January 31, 2023
Democratic lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday that removes a requirement that students far behind in third grade reading repeat the grade. Loopholes in the read-or-flunk law, as it came to be known, are generous.
Michigan State University researchers found that only 545 students were actually held back this fall, even though nearly 5,700 were eligible for retention because they were a year or more behind.
Researchers also found that Black students and those from low-income families are more than twice as likely to be held back compared to their white and wealthier peers.
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