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Indy Star: Third Grade Reading Exam Results 'Decidedly Mixed'

    Star ed reporter Scott Elliott writes:

    “The results from a new test to measure the reading skills of Indiana’s third-graders were released Tuesday. And they were decidedly mixed. Overall, 84 percent of third-graders passed the IREAD-3, given for the first time in March. That may sound like a high passing rate until you consider that every child is expected to pass what the Indiana Department of Education considers a basic skills test.”

    Read more at: www.indystar.com

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