About 3,000 Indiana third graders are repeating the grade this year under a new state law that requires students to pass the IREAD test or qualify for an exemption to advance.

The most recent data on how many students at each Indiana school are proficient in reading.

Indiana's third grade reading proficiency rose nearly five percentage points to 87.3% amid new retention rules and expanded reading instruction initiatives.

Circle City Readers' literacy program is helping young readers in Marion County, but its future is at risk as pandemic-era funding runs out.

Indiana’s reading crisis captured the attention of state education leaders and lawmakers now the state could soon begin pursuing new interventions for another troubled subject – math.

Last year, only about 60% of Pleasant Run students passed IREAD. But this year, the scores jumped 21.5 percentage points — one of the greatest improvements across the state.

Statewide, 82.5 percent of nearly 82,000 third graders at public and private schools passed Indiana's 2024 reading test.

More than 100 teachers packed a State Board of Education meeting to voice their frustrations about new literacy training requirements.

The Indiana State Teachers Association is demanding the state education department provide more and clear details of how educators are affected by the requirement.

The IREAD-3 will be given to all third graders and most second graders during the March 4-15 through testing window.