Reading Scores

The company that calculates Idaho Reading Indicator scores for kindergarten through third-grade students produced inaccurate results, causing a months-long delay in the release date.

Last year, tests revealed a slight improvement in literacy among Idaho’s K-3 students, but the state continues to lag behind a number of neighboring states and at-risk students lag even further behind their peers.

In 2022, tests revealed a slight improvement in literacy among Idaho’s K-3 students, but the state continues to lag behind a number of neighboring states and at-risk students lag even further behind their peers.

When the pandemic hit almost two years ago, everything from work to school went virtual. Now, the United Way has created the Reading Pals Program to provide online tutoring that partners adult volunteers with elementary-aged students.

The State Department of Education released the results of this fall's reading scores. The results are not positive. We talk with Idaho Education News…

The Idaho Department of Education's new reading test will be tried out by 57 schools.The schools are in 37 districts scattered across the state, The…

While Idaho distributes most of its K-12 dollars based on student population, its literacy dollars are an exception.The state uses Idaho Reading Indicator…

In Erika Carpenter’s second-grade class, a handful of students are working on the basics of reading. They are sounding out letters, one by one, in small…

As Idaho embarks on a new multimillion dollar attempt to help at-risk readers, recent test results tell an old story.Once again, more than four in 10…

Slightly more than 25,000 Idaho elementary school students were reading below grade level, according to statewide test scores from this spring.As sobering…