— Louisiana students in kindergarten through third grade improved their reading proficiency by 2.3 percentage points on a literacy screener given at the beginning of this school year.
The overall score for these grades was 46.9 in 2024. First grade grew by 4 to 49.9, second grade improved by 3.8 to 54.5, and third grade increased by 2.4 to 54.
Only students entering kindergarten declined when compar…
