IDOE Releases 2022-23 IREAD-3 Results

Ten local school corporations had pass rates higher than the statewide average.

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INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) today released results from the 2022-2023 Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD-3) assessment.

Statewide results show that more than 65,000 Indiana’s third grade students, or 81.9 percent, demonstrated proficient reading skills on the assessment. This is a minimal improvement of 0.3 percent points over results for the 2021-2022 school year.

“Up until the end of third grade, students are developing key skills to become proficient in foundational reading. Once they advance to fourth grade they must be able to apply those skills to access future learning,” said Dr. Katie Jenner, Indiana Secretary of Education. “Today, nearly one in five Indiana students is unable to read by the end of third grade. This is a crisis that could have a long-term negative impact on Indiana’s economy and negative repercussions throughout our society. We have no time to waste, and together, we must urgently work to improve reading outcomes for Indiana students, including supporting both current and future educators with the knowledge and tools necessary to teach our students to read using evidence-based literacy instruction, rooted in science of reading.” 

Indiana’s third grade literacy rates have been dropping for a decade, according to the IDOE. Overall, results remain 9.5 percentage points below the state’s highest-ever proficiency rate (91.4%) during the 2012-2013 school year.

In total, nearly 15,000 third grade students (18.1%) will need additional support to meet grade-level reading standards.

Locally, 10 school districts in the Eagle Country 99.3 listening area had an IREAD-3 pass rate above the statewide average of 81.9 percent. See a full list of IREAD-3 results at https://www.in.gov/doe/it/data-center-and-reports/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=. 

*Data via Indiana Department of Education

For the second year, schools had an opportunity to proactively administer the IREAD-3 assessment to their second grade students at no cost. The IDOE says 57 percent of elementary schools administered the test to their second grade students. Of those students who participated, 62 percent either passed the assessment or are on track to pass by the end of third grade.

Another recently deployed tactical solution that is showing early signs of success is the Indiana Literacy Cadre, which provides 199 participating schools’ early elementary teachers with embedded instructional coaching and support aligned with the science of reading. 

To learn more about IDOE’s science of reading-focused initiatives, click here.