Indiana students made small gains in reading this year.

Scores for IREAD-3 — the state’s third grade reading exam — are at their highest level in recent years – but still well below pre-pandemic scores.

The overall pass rate increased to 82-point-5 percent this year. That’s still more than four points below pre-pandemic levels. But Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner says the zero-point-six percentage point increase over last year’s results shows the state’s interventions are working.  “It is exciting to have the highest year-over-year increase ever in history since the start
of the test” she said. 

More than 14 thousand third graders still failed the test.

Jenner says the I-D-O-E will continue to support reading with legislative recommendations and early intervention.

A new law will require schools to hold back third graders who don’t pass the next I-READ-3 in the spring.  Students can retest in the summer if needed