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According to Michigan State University's Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, 5.8% of third graders were eligible to be retained based on their spring reading test scores.
Scores in math and English/Language Arts were mostly down this year compared to before the pandemic on the Michigan standardized test known as M-STEP. The results are likely to heavily impact education spending priorities.
Roughly 5,650 Michigan students received reading scores low enough that they could be required to repeat third grade.
According to Michigan State University's Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, 5.8% of third graders were eligible to be retained based on their spring reading test scores.
The number of Michigan third graders who failed the state's reading test and can be held back rose this year, Michigan State University found.