Board reviews literacy law implementation, ACAP testing timelines and third-grade retention concerns
Oct 14, 2025
State education officials told the State Board that ACAP scores will be distributed to schools under embargo in mid-August and a full technical presentation will be delivered in September; the board must adopt grade-level reading cut scores that could trigger third-grade retention under state law.
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State education officials briefed the Alabama State Board of Education on the literacy act, the new ACAP statewide assessment and the timetable for cut-score setting that will determine grade-level reading and potential third-grade retention under state law.
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