Alabama Board of Education Releases ACAP Scores Data

Alabama third grade reading scores show growth

Tracie West, the Alabama State Board of Education District 2 representative, looks at a bar graph as State Superintendent Eric Mackey presents the 2024 Alabama Comprehensive Assessment of Progress reading scores at the board's June work session in the Gordon Persons Building in Montgomery, Alabama on June 12, 2025. The scores revealed that Alabama's third graders have improved since the 2023-2024 school year. (Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector)Alab…

Alabama reading scores improve, but 6,470 third graders at risk of retention

Reading scores are improving in Alabama, but thousands of third graders could still be held back this year if they can’t catch up over the summer.When adjusted to current benchmarks, about 88% of third-grade students are reading on or above grade level, compared to 86% last year.

Alabama Board of Education releases ACAP scores data

On this past school year’s ACAP reading test, around 88% of Alabama third graders tested on or above grade level.