Last year, only about 60% of Pleasant Run students passed IREAD. But this year, the scores jumped 21.5 percentage points - one of the greatest improvements across the state, putting the school up ...

One in five third graders in Indiana did not pass the IREAD exam last year, the standardized reading proficiency test. But very few of those students who failed ― 3% ― were held back.

The approach at Pleasant Run is used across the Metropolitan School District of Warren Township. It's the only Marion County district where IREAD scores are higher than before the pandemic.

Science of reading, by contrast, places a high priority on phonics and phonemic awareness along with teaching fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.

Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner, along with Gov. Eric Holcomb and several state lawmakers, honored nearly 300 Hoosier elementary schools for IREAD test success at an Indiana Statehouse ...

IREAD scores have been declining for a decade, well before the pandemic. Since 2012, the number of students who are not able to read at the end of third grade has more than doubled.