Berne, Jordan S.; Jacob, Brian Aaron; Weiland, Christina; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025
-school third graders in 2023-24. This study investigates the impacts of Michigan's third-grade reading law on subsequent test …) design, we find that being flagged for retention raises students' reading scores in the next school year by 0.045 standard … evidence suggests flagged students receive more intensive reading support even if they are not retained. Our findings suggest …