The Lilly Endowment and Indiana are making a $111 million investment to target Indiana’s sliding literacy rate for young readers.

Nearly 82 percent of Indiana’s third graders passed the required reading exam in 2022 -- a tiny improvement for students but below the rate before the pandemic.

Most Hoosier third graders are on track with their reading skills according to newly released testing data. But results for Indiana's third grade literacy assessment also show some groups of students are still being left behind as the pandemic continues.

In a memo sent to superintendents late Friday, the Indiana Department of Education announced Indiana would seek "forgiveness" for required state tests, including the IREAD-3 and ILEARN.

Indiana teachers will get more information around dyslexia under a new law, but it's unclear how comprehensive the training will be.

The state awarded a three-year, $43.4 million contract to a nonprofit assessment and research company Monday to design the replacement of the ISTEP exam.

President Obama announced his administration will work with states to reduce the amount of time students spend taking standardized tests.