How Students In Cda Scored

The following results show how Coeur d’Alene students scored on the state reading test given last spring compared to students statewide.

Kindergarten

In Coeur d’Alene, 580 kindergartners were tested. Of those students, 37 percent read at grade level and 44 percent read at near grade level, while 18 percent read at below grade level. These students are now first-graders.

Statewide, 16,589 kindergartners were tested. Of those students 26 percent read at grade level, 46 percent read near grade level and 28 percent read below the kindergarten level.

First grade

Locally, 654 first-graders were tested, with 53 percent reading at grade level and 19 percent reading near grade level. Twenty-eight percent read below grade level.

Statewide, 17,837 first-graders were tested. Of those students 53 percent read at grade level, 18 percent read near grade level and 29 percent read below level.

Second grade

In Coeur d’Alene, 677 secondgraders tested. Of those 66 percent read at grade level, 17 percent read near grade level and 17 percent read below grade level.

Statewide, 17,939 secondgraders were tested with 66 percent reading at grade level, 16 percent near grade and 18 percent below.

Third grade

In Coeur d’Alene, 685 students took the test. Of those, 51 percent read at grade level and 27 percent read near grade level, leaving 22 percent reading below grade level Statewide, 18,214 third-graders took the test with 52 percent reading at level, 28 percent near grade level and 20 percent below.