The first testing window opens March 2, but students will have multiple opportunities to take the test throughout the spring ...

There are thousands of students in Indiana who were in 3rd grade last school year and did not advance to the 4th grade this school year. The IREAD retention law now requires 3rd grade students to be ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Education released 2025 IREAD testing results on Tuesday. The Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD) assessment is designed to test Indiana third ...

Parents are stressed, and kids are coming home crying. These are the emotions more families say they're experiencing this summer because of a new law that will likely mean more third graders are kept ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Education is releasing new data for the 2024-25 IREAD test, specifically how it relates to repeating third grade. The assessment tests whether third graders ...

Just over 3,000 third graders were kept from advancing to the fourth grade in 2025 after being unable to pass the Indiana standardized reading test. Data released during the State Board of Education ...

Indiana saw its largest year over year increase of students reading proficiently by the end of third grade, but it’s still unclear how many children will be retained under the new IREAD law. The IREAD ...

Almost 200 northeast Indiana students are among about 3,000 statewide who must repeat third grade because they failed a key literacy test, according to new data from the Indiana Department of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis Public Schools is celebrating a major boost in reading this fall. The district saw a 10.2% increase in proficiency in its 2024-2025 IREAD scores. Third-grade alone ...