Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New data shows 87.3% of Hoosier third graders demonstrated proficient reading skills on the IREAD exam in 2024-25. (Getty Images) ...

Indiana third graders’ reading proficiency improved at a record-breaking rate in 2025, putting students’ scores on par with pre-pandemic levels. Statewide, 87.3% of third graders scored proficient on ...

Students at elementary schools at APS have improved their reading, including students identified in a landmark lawsuit.

A third grade reading and retention law took effect for Tennessee public school children in 2023. Students must meet a state reading benchmark or take extra steps to avoid being held back. Three full ...

When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First lady Abby Cox reads a book to the kids as she and Gov. Spencer Cox welcome kids from Polk Elementary in Ogden into the ...

Early literacy has risen to the top of state lawmakers’ priorities for their 2026 legislative session, generating discussions ...

Nearly a quarter of Louisiana third graders are ending the school year far behind in reading, the state Education Department said Thursday. Under a new state law, some of those students will have to ...

LEADER KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT TEN. NEBRASKA CHILDREN MAY SEE A CHANGE IN THEIR READING GOALS. GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN IS PROPOSING A NEW THIRD GRADE READING BILL. GOOD EVENING. I’M JULIE CORNELL. I’M ...

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Indiana’s latest reading assessment scores showed the largest year-to-year improvement since the state began IREAD testing in 2013, rising nearly five percentage points from last year, according to ...