IREAD

Via WFYI: About 3,000 Indiana third graders are repeating the grade this year under a new state law that requires students to pass the IREAD test or qualify for an exemption to advance.

WFYI reports that Indiana's third grade reading proficiency rose nearly five percentage points to 87.3% amid new retention rules and expanded reading instruction initiatives.

The IREAD-3 will be given to all third graders and most second graders during the March 4-15 through testing window.

Nearly 15,000 third graders did not pass Indiana's 2023 reading assessment.

Most Hoosier third graders are on track with their reading skills according to newly released testing data. But results for Indiana's third grade literacy…