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MSU report examines third-grade students retained for reading

DATE: December 6, 2022

New research from Michigan State University shows that in 2022, more students scored low enough in reading to be held back in third grade under the state’s early literacy law, but school districts promoted the majority of these students to the fourth grade.

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