LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Close to 3000 thousand third grade students in Michigan are at risk to be held back, due to guidelines regarding reading level and test results.
The students in question were determined to be reading below their grade level via results from M-STEP, the state’s standardized testing program, and Michigan’s “Read by Third Grade” law stipulates that students can be held back based on their score.
Parents who received the letter have the option to request their student not be held back, but the ultimate decision rests with the district’s superintendent.
Opponents of the law say that the pandemic did not give students a fair chance to learn properly and catch up.
