third grade reading

In recent years, Michigan has expanded its free school meal program, spent more on schools and literacy coaches, and changed its literacy curriculum. Still, test scores are down.

Michigan's third grade reading scores have dropped again, with only 38.2% of students proficient in English Language Arts. It's the lowest score in the 12-year history of the M-STEP exam.

The law was repealed a couple of years ago while the legislature was under Democratic control. It required kids to read proficiently by third grade, or face being held back in school.

Michigan's reading scores have failed to recover from the pandemic and are falling behind other states. The governor's Every Child Reads Champions Council will be made up of people with backgrounds in education, community organizing, and business.

Michigan third graders would no longer face a state retention recommendation for not reading at grade level under a bill that passed the Legislature Wednesday.

The Senate Education committee heard testimony from education experts who said there’s no evidence that retention boosts reading skills or academic achievement.

Senate Bill 12 would roll back part of the state’s so-called third grade reading law. That law says students who aren’t reading at grade level by third grade should generally be held back.

On today's show, we took a look at Michigan's third-grade reading law, and how it's disproportionately holding back Black and low-income students. Then, an update on new development plans for the area surrounding Little Caesars Arena. We ended on a conversation with newly-appointed judge Allie Greenleaf Maldonado, the first Native person to serve on Michigan's Court of Appeals.

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