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 ...

ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) — It is likely that nearly every school district in Indiana will have to hold some third graders back this school year. 2025 is the first year the IREAD retention law is in effect ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Education advocates, faith leaders and the state’s largest teachers’ union were at the Statehouse Tuesday to voice their concerns about a bill that recently passed out of the Senate.

Members of the Maryland State Board of Education were skeptical Tuesday of State Superintendent Carey Wright’s draft literacy policy that includes holding back third graders who can’t read on grade ...