This year's IREAD results show an 'unprecedented' increase in proficiency rates for third grade readers, but retention data ...

This year's class of third graders is the first affected by Indiana's new retention law. How did local schools do?

Just 32% of fourth grade test takers were reading at grade level in 2024, as compared to 36% in 2022. Eighth grade reading proficiency stagnated, with no change between 2022 and 2024.