Indiana’s reading crisis captured the attention of state education leaders and lawmakers now the state could soon begin pursuing new interventions for another troubled subject – math.

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.

The most recent data on how many students at each Indiana school are proficient in reading.

Statewide, 82.5 percent of nearly 82,000 third graders at public and private schools passed Indiana's 2024 reading test.

More than 100 teachers packed a State Board of Education meeting to voice their frustrations about new literacy training requirements.

The Indiana State Teachers Association is demanding the state education department provide more and clear details of how educators are affected by the requirement.

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

Marion County educators are preparing for proposed legislation that would require school districts to hold back more students who fail the state’s elementary literacy reading exam.

Indiana will soon require districts to use reading curriculums that follow the science of reading. The Lafayette schools have already begun to change how they teach reading.

This year, WFYI reporters tackled complex education investigations and explainers in audio and written reports