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Indiana third grade literacy rates up; how your tax dollars could continue to help

The proposed 2026 Indianapolis budget includes a $400,000 commitment to Circle City Readers, a one-on-one tutoring program.
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Indiana third grade reading scores improve at record-breaking rate, reach pre-pandemic levels

Indiana IREAD scores just hit pre-pandemic levels. This school year is the first that students must be held back in third ...
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Third-grade literacy rates rise statewide

Recently released results from the 2024-2025 Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination aka IREAD assessment show an unprecedented increase in third-grade literacy rates.

The 2025 IREAD results are here. How did St. Joseph County districts perform?

This year's class of third graders is the first affected by Indiana's new retention law. How did local schools do?
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Hoosier third-graders made major gains this year on the important IREAD exam

Third-grade reading rates have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, according to new state data. Why it matters: The reading ...
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Indiana's 3rd grade reading scores reach pre-pandemic levels in latest IREAD assessment

"Indiana has made extraordinary progress from where we began just a few years ago, when nearly one in five Indiana third graders could not read, to today when literacy rates have increased," Dr. Katie ...

2025 IREAD proficiency released, local schools see big gains

The most recent state IREAD data shows an "unprecedented" increase in the number of 3rd graders who passed Indiana's major reading assessment.The Indiana Depart ...