Third Grade Reading Guarantee

A handful of education research groups are calling on lawmakers to oppose a bill that would end the state mandate to retain a student to third grade if they don’t pass their reading test.

State leaders, educators, and researchers joined the Ohio Education Association Monday to voice their opposition to a law that mandates a student be retained if they do not pass a third-grade reading test.

The bill would do away with the requirement that students who don't pass a third grade reading test must be retained and repeat the grade.

As Ohio prepares to elect a new governor, Ohioans are also assessing the legacy Gov. John Kasich will leave after 8 years at the helm of the state, but in the world of education, leaders say it will take time before the success of Kasich’s reforms can be judged. Here are three of those reforms and what policy analysts and education officials think about their impact on Ohio’s schools. 1. A-F School Grades

10:00 One in five Ohio third graders need help with reading, and one in five now runs the risk of maybe being held back in the third grade another year.…