EPIC IN THE NEWS
Third grade reading scores lower compared to last year, study says
DATE: September 22, 2022
Close to 5,650 students in Michigan had low enough reading scores that they could be required to repeat the third grade, according to a new report from Michigan State University.
Nearly all students in third through eighth grades in spring 2022 took the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) after two years of disruptions by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The report comes from MSU’s Education Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC), the strategic research partner of the Department of Education and local school districts in Michigan.
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