CICP News & Updates

I’ve written about CICP’s strong support for ending social promotion from 3^rd to 4^th grade unless Hoosier students are reading at grade level – the cornerstone policy of an overall emphasis on reading education that will refocus resources, implement new teaching strategies, and leverage community programs to ensure that every child learn to read.

This policy still has life in the waning days of the legislative session, and we’re pleased that Indiana’s senior Senator, Richard Lugar, has weighed in on behalf of this critical education reform.  Read Senator Lugar’s excellent statement here.

CICP director and State Board of Education member David Shane also penned this editorial on the effectiveness of retention policies for the Indianapolis Star; ending social promotion was a key drver behind the remarkable turnaround in reading achievement in Florida over the last decade.

As the legislative session draws to a close, lawmakers have a choice:  Will they demand that Indiana’s schools teach every child to read, or will they continue to allow tens of thousands of students every year to fall through the cracks, relegated by poor reading skills to a life of likely poverty and lost opportunities?