Student literacy skills improve

Charlotte Yoder takes time to read through the pages of one of the children’s stories created by author Dav Pilkey while her family stopped by the Mountain Home Public Library last week.

ricts across the state showed moderate gains in their overall reading, spelling and vocabulary skills over the past year, according to data released last week by the Idaho Department of Education.

Twice a year, students in kindergarten to third grade complete the Idaho Reading Indicator, or IRI, test to measure their early literacy skills.

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