#thirdgradereadingguarantee

"Data proves that poverty and racism cannot be accepted as an excuse to allow students to fail."

A law that needs more carrots just lost its one big stick. Since 2012, Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee has required all public school third graders to pass a state reading test. If a student did not pass, they had to repeat the third grade, even if the student’s guardians wanted them promoted to the fourth grade.  Ohio is not the only state that has had stringent reading requirements for…