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Utah wants to follow Mississippi’s example in holding back students who can’t read

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Only half of Utah third-graders are reading at grade level. Gov. Spencer Cox thinks having a law to hold students struggling with reading back a grade would help boost that number.

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Oklahoma bill proposes holding back some third-graders to boost literacy

A new Oklahoma bill inspired by Mississippi's success aims to improve literacy by retaining third-graders who fail reading tests and implementing summer academies.

·Oklahoma City, United States
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Utah wants to follow Mississippi’s example in holding back students who can’t read

Only half of Utah third-graders are reading at grade level. Gov. Spencer Cox thinks having a law to hold students struggling with reading back a grade would help boost that number.

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KUER broke the news in on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
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