Indiana Schools Honored for Meeting State Literacy Goal

Schools that earned a 95 percent or better on the IREAD-3 assessment were recognized Thursday.

Dr. Katie Jenner at Thursday's press conference. Photo by Indiana DOE. 

INDIANAPOLIS – Over 240 Indiana schools were recognized on Thursday morning by Indiana Secretary of Education Dr. Katie Jenner.

A press conference was held at the Statehouse to honor the 242 Indiana schools where at least 95 percent of students passed the 2023 administration of the IREAD assessment.

Local schools reaching the literacy goal are:

• Batesville Intermediate School
• Manchester Elementary School
• Mount Carmel Elementary School
• St. Louis School
• St. Michael School

See a full list of honorees here. 

Celebrate your victories. Indiana educators are dedicated to student achievement and literacy is key. 241 schools filled the statehouse and celebrated the gift of student literacy. Indiana is moving the needle. Proud of the team at Batesville. @SecJennerIN pic.twitter.com/OLquGPhh92

— Paul Ketcham (@KetchamPaul) February 15, 2024

 “Helping Hoosier students master foundational reading skills is essential to our work as educators,” said Dr. Jenner. “Thank you to the many educators serving in classrooms across Indiana for being a key part of the solution for our students.”

Of the more than 80,000 third grade students statewide, roughly one in five are not proficient in key literacy skills by the end of grade three.  

The Indiana Literacy Cadre is working to help Indiana’s students obtain the reading skills they need.

To achieve the goal, the Indiana Literacy Cadre develops and implements collaborative professional development for K-3 educators across the state based on science of reading, a compilation of evidence-based research on reading, reading development, and reading instruction.

Learn more at https://sites.google.com/uindy.edu/indiana-literacy-cadre.