EPIC IN THE NEWS
Michigan third graders held back over reading doubled last year, report says
DATE: December 6, 2022
One out of every ten third graders eligible to be retained under Michigan’s third-grade literacy law were held back last school year, according to a new report released on Tuesday.
The 545 students retained is more than double the amount retained in the prior school year, which was 228, according to a new report by the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC) at Michigan State University.
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