K-3 students on a reading improvement plan in Nebraska, 2023-24

Beginning July 1, 2024, Nebraska school districts must annually report the number of students tested for a specific learning disability in the area of reading, how many students in grades K-3 are on an individualized reading improvement plan and, of those students, how many showed growth on related assessments in the year. Of 244 school districts, more than 50% of K-3 students were on a reading plan in 20 districts (8%). Data was masked for 48 districts (20%).

Hover over the districts to see the data, as well as K-3 and total enrollment in the 2023-24 year.

Data is masked for some districts if there are 10 or fewer students in a given category or if the data is suspected of identifying a student(s), according to federal law. The Nebraska Department of Education, said some school districts over reported the number of students who improved on certain assessments because of "uncertainty about these parameters" in the first year of data collection under Legislative Bill 298 (2023). The district-by-district data was made available under a public records request. Enrollment was gathered from the department.
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