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  "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/wv-third-graders-behind-in-reading-math-required-to-be-retained-this-school-year-due-to-2023-law",
  "title": "West Virginia 3rd Graders Behind in Reading, Math Must Repeat Grade Under 2023 Law",
  "summary": "A major and final piece of West Virginia lawmakers’ 2023 hallmark education legislation goes into effect this school year when schools are required to retain third graders whose reading and math abilities aren’t at grade level. Lawmakers carved out some exceptions for students with disabilities and other young learners. The robust education bill, known as […]",
  "authors": "Amelia Ferrell Knisely",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation,children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-31T16:30:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-01T05:10:57.676Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-74-education-ai",
  "source_name": "The 74 (education AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.the74million.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15481",
  "original_url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/wv-third-graders-behind-in-reading-math-required-to-be-retained-this-school-year-due-to-2023-law",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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