Podcast: Should Schools Hold Back Third Graders Who Can’t Read?

Maggie Severns & Laura Bornfreund
This post originally appeared on Early Ed Watch.

On this week’s podcast, Laura Bornfreund, Senior Policy Analyst for the Early Education Initiative, and Albert Wat, Senior Policy Analyst for Education at the National Governor’s Association, discuss states that have enacted literacy laws that include a requirement to retain third graders who do not pass the state’s reading test. Also on this podcast, Clare McCann, Program Associate for the Education Policy Program, highlights the Washington gubernatorial race. This is the second of three installments about key state and Congressional elections.

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