More Michigan third graders could be held back under reading law
DATE: May 27, 2022
Parents of nearly 5,700 Michigan students are getting some unwelcome news: Their third graders could be held back from moving on to the fourth grade because of low reading scores.
That’s up 60 percent from the number of students who were eligible to be retained last year.
The Michigan Department of Education attributes the increase to a larger number of students taking the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress this year. Ninety-eight percent of students took the third grade English language arts M-STEP exam, up from 71 percent last spring. Scores on the reading portion of that test determine eligibility for retention under the state’s controversial “read by grade three” law.
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