With changes to legislation and a third-grade retention law in effect, the Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination, or IREAD, test has become a major topic of conversation. The first round of ...

New data shows 87.3% of Hoosier third graders demonstrated proficient reading skills on the IREAD exam in 2024-25. (Getty Images) Indiana’s latest reading assessment scores showed the largest ...

IREAD proficiency statewide jumped 5% in 2025 compared to 2024. Some local schools saw even bigger year-over-year increases. Applause and even a whistle at the most recent Indiana State Board of ...

A bill to hold back third graders not passing IREAD exams was signed into law by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb in March, leading to changes for local school districts. The law requires that students in ...

More than half of Indiana's second graders took the IREAD-3 test used to measure third graders' reading ability. The IREAD-3 test measures third graders’ reading aptitude and helps determine if they ...

The testing window for the IREAD-3 assessment opens in just a few days. Legislation passed last year requires 3rd grade students to be retained if they do not pass the Indiana reading assessment.

One in five Hoosier third graders continue to struggle with foundational reading skills, according to new standardized test results released Wednesday. Data from the Indiana Department of Education ...

Indiana students’ reading scores have been virtually unchanged for three years, according to new test data, underscoring fears about students’ struggles to recover from the pandemic More than four out ...

Indiana education leaders said last week 3,040 students are repeating third grade because they didn’t pass the state’s reading proficiency exam called IREAD. The data, released at last week’s State ...

New results on the state’s third-grade reading assessment show slight improvement from last year, but students are still far from pre-COVID levels of proficiency. Nearly one in five Indiana students, ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Indiana. Indiana students’ reading scores have been virtually unchanged for three years, according to new test data, underscoring fears about students’ ...