More than 4,000 third graders are enrolled in summer programming at MNPS as the effects of the state reading law unfold.

Under mandatory retention policies, based solely on test scores, those students were still required to repeat third grade. “Retention can work, and I’ve seen it make a huge difference for a ...

Only third grade students take this ... student's proficiency and help determine what areas the student might need to work on before the EOGs. Students take these tests more than once a year.