The Ohio Department of Education is touting improved numbers.
The state says 94.1 percent of Ohio鈥檚 third graders passed the reading test and moved on to the fourth grade last school year.
The so-called 鈥渢hird-grade reading guarantee鈥� was created by Gov. Kasich's administration to make sure students reached a certain reading ability before they could be promoted.
Of the eight big urban schools, Akron had the best score with 99.7 percent advancing to fourth grade; Toledo had the lowest at 71.9 percent.
This is different from the K-3 literacy measure found on district report cards. That category measures how a district fared in helping students who were identified as struggling readers.
Ohio's eight largest urban districts scored as follows:
- Cleveland - 86.3 percent
- Columbus - 89.5 percent
- Cincinnati - 96.5 percent
- Youngstown - 95 percent
- Canton - 87.9 percent
- Dayton - 85 percent
- Toledo - 71.9 percent
- Akron - 99.7 percent
