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Alabama’s school chief said Thursday that 10,000 or more third graders could be at risk of being held back this summer under new reading benchmarks to move to f

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama State Board of Education voted to adopt a new testing standard Thursday that will determine whether or not a third grader moves on to the next

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The Alabama State Board of Education voted Thursday in favor of a resolution establishing a cut score for the lowest level in reading for the ACAP.

Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter, R-Rainsville, and state Superintendent Eric Mackey say the Alabama Literacy Act’s holdback requirement won’t be delayed again.

Recent data shows that had the holdback provision been in effect earlier this year, as many as 12,000 students could have been retained or required significant intervention efforts before advancing

Alabama leaders have spent more than $98 million on a relatively new incentive program to get more qualified math and science teachers in public school classrooms, but more information will

Report calls for outlawing corporal punishment in Alabama, other states.

The letters were the most written by any school in the state and described the kids love of reading.

The Teacher Excellence and Accountability for Mathematics and Science program was approved by the Legislature and Gov. Kay Ivey in 2021.