EPIC IN THE NEWS
Michigan third graders held back over reading doubled last year, report says
DATE: December 6, 2022
Michigan schools retained more than twice as many students flagged for retention under the state’s Read by Grade Three Law in 2021-22 than it did the previous year. But that’s only 10% of students eligible to repeat the grade.
Of the 5,680 Michigan third-graders eligible for retention after testing below the state’s English language arts standards, districts held back only 545 – 9.6% – for the 2022-23 school year, representing 0.6% of the state’s third grade enrollment, a report from the Michigan State University Education Policy Innovation Collaborative shows.
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