Third-grade students could fail due to new reading law

Michigan’s read by third-grade law takes effect this school year.  Students who can’t read on a third-grade level before the fourth grade could be held back.

“The intent of the law is if kids are so far behind by the third grade, after all that intervention from K through second, that may be giving them an extra year to catch up before they move on to fourth grade for reading. It would be beneficial to them,” said Joshua Cowen, co-director for Education Policy Innovation Collaborative.

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