Reading Scores Improve For Louisiana K-3 Students In Fall Screener

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The state Department of Education says Louisiana's youngest students are showing progress in reading.

For the second year in a row, the state tested kids in kindergarten through third grade with a literacy screener. The fall report shows that students' reading skills improved by just over two percentage points from last year.

First-graders' reading scores improved by more than 20 percentage points from last year's kindergarten scores.

There's still work to do, since Louisiana's literacy rate is fifth from the lowest of all 50 states.

Reading Scores Improve For Louisiana K-3 Students In Fall Screener

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