 Louisiana K-3 public school students showed a 10% improvement in reading scores from the start of last school year to the end. The results were even higher for kindergarten and first graders. Deputy Superintendent of Education Dr. Jenna Chasson says the state used a literacy screener to test the reading levels of their youngest students. This is our first year of implementing a statewide literacy screener. Students from kindergarten through third grade were administered this screener at the beginning of the school year, the middle of the school year, and then again at the end of the school year.