INDIANAPOLIS â After school years disrupted by COVID-19, most educators expected standardized test scores to suffer.
That panned out, both statewide and locally as most school districts saw passing rates for Indianaâs ILEARN test drop in 2021, with some districts losing 10 percentage points or more compared to their 2019 figures.
To start with, ILEARN has never had good passing rates â the wide majority of students in Indiana donât pass both math and English portions of the standardized test, which is given to students in grade 3-8 as well as high school sophomores.
Statewide, the 2021 passing rate for both portions of the test dropped to 28.6%, a sharp decrease from 37.1% passing rate in the 2019 testing season.
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An Indiana commission tasked with investigating ways to boost teacher pay released its long-awaited report on Monday and local school leaders were underwhelmed, to put it lightly.
The biggest complaint â the state isnât touching the issue of teacher evaluations and standardized testing and thatâs not only one of the biggest turnoffs to both new and veteran teachers but also a big annual expenditure.
This week, the Indiana Teacher Compensation Commission released its 37 recommendations for both local school districts and state government to take in an effort to help boost pay for teachers across the state.
Indiana lags behind its neighbors in annual wages for both new and seasoned teachers and the stateâs public education funding hasnât kept pace with the rate of inflation. Gov. Eric Holcomb appointed the commission to shine the light on the issue and create a list of possible solutions.