Literacy rates for Hoosier children are improving. This summer, the Indiana Department of Education reported historic increases in reading proficiency scores for students.

Every third-grade student in the state of Indiana is required to pass the state’s IRead test. This can cause stress for many ...

In its second year in 2018-2019, the PBS KIDS Playtime Pad Research Project investigates the effectiveness of tablet-based learning initiatives in early childhood math literacy, while providing access ...

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 ...

There is a mood, rightfully felt by many parents, that third-graders should not have their futures decided by their reading scores. Children that age may not be proficient test-takers. They might not ...

GOSHEN, Ind. (WNDU) - Goshen Community Schools (GCS) is recognizing four students who earned perfect scores on the IREAD-3 assessment. The IREAD-3 test is required for all third graders, but these ...

More Indiana third graders passed the IREAD-3 in 2024 compared to 2023. That is good news because in 2025, 3rd graders who don’t pass the state’s reading assessment could be held back. Local schools ...

Most of Marion County’s 11 school districts improved from last year’s IREAD-3 results, but mirroring statewide results, they have not yet reached pre-COVID levels of proficiency. Only three of Marion ...

SYRACUSE, Ind. (WNDU) - Elementary literacy rates are a collective concern, especially in South Bend. But one local school district has successfully raised its literacy rates. Wawasee Community School ...