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Report: More Michigan 3rd graders at risk of being held back for poor reading test scores

DATE: September 4, 2022

More Michigan school children are falling behind academically.

The new report on retention eligibility under the Read by Grade Three law is based on spring test scores.

According to Michigan State University’s Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, 5.8% of third graders were eligible to be retained based on their spring reading test scores.

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