With changes to legislation and a third-grade retention law in effect, the Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination, or IREAD, test has become a major topic of conversation. The first round of ...

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 ...

Notre Dame students' "Day of Man" raises money for the homeless Shorts and a T-shirt: That’s what some Notre Dame students picked to wear on 20 degree day in early February.The students are not out ...

A bill to hold back third graders not passing IREAD exams was signed into law by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb in March, leading to changes for local school districts. The law requires that students in ...

Over 89% of BCSC third-graders passed the IREAD-3 assessment last school year, yet another sign that the district is continuing to made strides in fostering the skills of young readers. BCSC school ...

Indiana’s early literacy efforts continue to show promising results as the latest statewide scores, released Wednesday, reflect the largest single-year increase since the test was first given in 2013.

Results from the 2024-25 Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD) assessment show an increase in third-grade literacy rates across the state and locally. Katie Jenner, Indiana secretary of ...

Spanish flows easily between students during recess at Enlace Academy on the west side of Indianapolis. The school has a large Spanish-speaking population, as well as students who speak other foreign ...