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MSU report finds third-grade black students disproportionately held back
DATE: October 26, 2021
Michigan’s third-grade literacy law requires school districts to hold back 3rd-grade students who do not meet certain testing requirements. New MSU research found there may be disparities in how students are being held back.
“School districts are supposed to implement the law by thinking of each child individually,” said Dr. Katharine Strunk, Faculty Director of MSU’s Education Policy Innovation Collaborative.
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