INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Near Eastside Innovation School Corporation in Indianapolis is reporting significant growth in student reading scores on the Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD) assessment.

Executive Director and CEO Ross Pippin is touting the improvements, which include record-high pass rates for the district’s elementary schools. He joined Daybreak on Friday.

The school corporation operates Washington Irving Neighborhood School and Thomas Gregg Neighborhood School on the near east side of Indiana...