IREAD-3

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.

Enlace Academy is expanding family literacy programs and multilingual support as its English learner population grows, with school leaders crediting parent engagement for major gains in reading scores.

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.

Third graders currently have one chance to retake the IREAD-3 during the summer before being held back.

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

Pat Mapes sat down with WFYI to discuss his plans for Hamilton Southeastern Schools.

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

Marion County educators are preparing for proposed legislation that would require school districts to hold back more students who fail the state’s elementary literacy reading exam.

Indiana will soon require districts to use reading curriculums that follow the science of reading. The Lafayette schools have already begun to change how they teach reading.