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Testing Reform - IBJ examines the education reform movement in Indiana from the perspective of educators and students at the charter Indianapolis Metropolitan High School as well as thorugh the eyes of state lawmakers.

Part 6: Lessons learned

Indy Met’s year a harbinger of things to come?

Students did better on state tests after the charter school overhauled its academic program mid-year, showing flexibility can produce academically superior outcomes.

Charter school tries to build on progress

Part 5: Staying in touch

High schools still track students after graduation June 11

Part 4: Legislating change

New laws tie teacher pay to performance May 7

Charters get leeway to hire unlicensed teachers May 7

Part 3: Defining success

Controversy brews over judging performance April 2

Flexibility eases personnel pain April 2

Part 2: Different perspectives

Legislators play politics February 26

Dual roles, unusual view February 26

Part 1: Nimble model

Charter school’s quick overhaul could become the norm January 13

School Stats

How students in Indiana’s 62 charter schools compare with children in other public schools.

Charters

IPS

State(1)

Poverty

Percentage of students who qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in fall 2010

  

End-of-course assessment

Percentage of students who passed graduation-qualifying exam in 2010

ISTEP(2) pass rates

Grades 3-8

  
 

Four-year graduation rates in 2010

Ethnicity in fall 2010

Black   

White   

Multiracial   

Hispanic   

Other

  
 

Charters

  

IPS

  

State

(1) does not include charter schools (2) Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress

Sources: Indiana Department of Education

Indiana vs. the nation

Growth on math tests by charter-school students compared with their demographic and academic peers at traditional public schools in the same state or region

Indiana

  

 

  

16 other states or regions*
 

significantly worse growth

same growth

significantly better growth
 

*Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri,
New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Chicago, Denver and Washington, D.C.

Source: Stanford University

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