Anna Shults, the chief academic officer for the Indiana Department of Education, reviews new retention data at a board meeting Nov. 5, 2025. (Screenshot from livestream)
About 3,000 Indiana students are repeating third grade this school year for not meeting the state’s reading proficiency standards.
Data released Wednesday by the Indiana Department of Education showed 3.6% of the 84,000 children who took the statewide IREAD exam were retained in third grade under the first enforcement of a requirement approved by the Legislature in 2024…