“Today is putting a ginormous Indiana flag in the ground saying we are committed to this,” Gov. Eric Holcomb said.
ANDERSON — In an effort to improve elementary literacy in Indiana schools, Lilly Endowment and the Indiana Department of Education are investing $111 million.
“Today is putting a ginormous Indiana flag in the ground saying we are committed to this,” Holcomb said. “This is a program we know that works. We’ve seen in other areas it works and we’ve got some ground to make up and not a lot of time to get there,” Holcomb said.The initiative is all centered around the “science of reading.”
By 2027, the state is looking to increase IREAD-3 passing rates to 95%. For comparison last school year, just under 82% of Indiana third graders passed the state test.
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