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Standardized test scores
Disparate Indiana pols agree ISTEP answers needed
June 16, 2013
Associated PressA legislative panel studying why 78,000 test-takers were frozen out of the high-stakes exam test last month plans to meet
Friday to hear from CTB/McGraw-Hill President Ellen Haley on what went wrong.
MoreOutside reviewer picked to study ISTEP troubles
June 10, 2013
Associated PressAn independent review of Indiana's ISTEP test results is under way one month after computer troubles disrupted test-taking
for thousands of students this spring.
MoreOutside review sought for Indiana exam results
May 29, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's Department of Education is seeking an outside review of the ISTEP test results following a series of computer
glitches that will likely delay test results until July.
MoreIndiana 8th-graders best most nations in math, science
May 25, 2013
J.K. WallIn the same year the Legislature passed a set of sweeping reforms to improve Indiana’s public schools, Indiana’s
eighth-graders were scoring No. 7 in the world on an international math test.
MoreFort Wayne schools want 3rd party to review ISTEP
May 22, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's largest school district says it won't accept results of this year's standardized testing until an independent
third party validates the scores.
MoreIndianapolis schools encounter more ISTEP glitches
May 13, 2013
Associated PressIndianapolis students trying to complete standardized tests that already have been delayed by technical issues have encountered
more problems.
MoreISTEP testing continues after early-week problems
May 2, 2013
Associated PressThe state Department of Education has asked schools for a second straight day to reduce the number of students taking the
test by half to avoid more problems.
MoreIndiana resumes ISTEP testing after 2 days of delays
May 1, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana Department of Education said the administration of the ISTEP+ exams' online portion resumed Wednesday morning,
but schools are being asked to decrease their daily test load to 50 percent of normal levels until further notice.
MoreIndiana ISTEP testing to resume, but at half the test load
April 30, 2013
Associated PressRequired standardized tests for Indiana students will resume Wednesday after two days of computer glitches, but state officials
asked schools to cut their normal test loads by half to avoid more problems.
MoreSchools face ISTEP+ problems for 2nd straight day
April 30, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressSchool districts trying to administer Indiana's required standardized test encountered new problems Tuesday that forced the
state to suspend testing for a second straight day. The problems brought a hailstorm of complaints.
MoreGlitches halt online ISTEP testing for Indiana schools
April 30, 2013
Associated PressSchool districts across the state suspended the first day of ISTEP+ online testing Monday because of computer issues. IPS
is reporting more problems Tuesday.
MoreTV ads oppose review of Indiana school standards
March 5, 2013
Associated PressAn advocacy group that supports Indiana's charter schools program said Tuesday that it's starting an advertising campaign
to fight efforts to end the state's use of national reading and math standards.
MoreIndiana bill to overturn school standards delayed
January 23, 2013
Associated PressThe chairman of the Indiana Senate's Education Committee says he's working on a compromise to a bill that would pull
the state from the Common Core State Standards national education initiative.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: Mind Trust CEO takes stock of IPS reform proposal
January 11, 2013
Mason King
What exactly does The Mind Trust do? What happened to its report on
remaking IPS? Do you need teaching experience to reform education? David Harris has answers.
Indiana lawmakers seek decentralized school choices
January 2, 2013
Associated PressTwo Republican state senators announced Wednesday they will push measures to decentralize school leadership in Indiana and
pull the state out of a national education initiative.
MoreCharter, voucher backers wary of schools chief Ritz
November 24, 2012
J.K. WallDuring Republican Tony Bennett’s tenure as superintendent of public instruction, Indiana became the poster child for
school choice. But with Bennett’s surprising election loss to Democrat Glenda Ritz this month, the future of charter
schools and private-school vouchers is murkier.
MoreJudge backs mayor’s decision to revoke school’s charter
August 1, 2012
Scott OlsonThe Project School in Indianapolis has lost a court battle to remain open after a judge denied an injunction challenging Mayor
Greg Ballard's decision to revoke the school’s charter.
MoreCharter school lands more time in fight against closure
July 25, 2012
Scott OlsonThe Project School was granted a court hearing and restraining order Tuesday in its fight against Mayor Greg Ballard's plan
to revoke its charter. Ballard, though, emphasized his decision by issuing a "final notice of charter revocation."
MorePrivate schools with vouchers saw slight drop in test scores
July 23, 2012
Associated PressPrivate Indiana schools that accepted students from low- to middle-income families using state-funded vouchers last year experienced
a small drop in their passing rates on the state's ISTEP test this year, a newspaper's analysis of test scores shows.
MoreBallard moves to shut down The Project School
July 17, 2012
J.K. WallIndianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard announced Tuesday evening that he intends to revoke the charter that gives The Project School
the authority to operate. Ballard cited poor test scores and “recently discovered financial problems.”
MoreISTEP+ gains come amid increasing accountability
July 10, 2012
Associated PressIndiana students made improvements across the board on the state's standardized test this year amid a push for more school
accountability and the first state takeovers of failing schools.
MoreIndiana students do slightly better on ISTEP tests
July 10, 2012
Associated PressScores released Tuesday by the state education department show that of the 500,000 students taking the standardized tests,
71 percent passed both the language arts and math sections. That's up one percentage point from last year.
MoreOne teacher quits, 5 suspended in Indy district
June 29, 2012
Associated PressAn Indianapolis school district said Friday it suspended five teachers and another resigned amid an investigation into cheating
on a state standardized biology exam at one of Indiana's largest high schools.
MoreMind Trust awards $1M to two charters to expand school models
June 23, 2012
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis-based education reform group The Mind Trust will announce June 25 that it is awarding $1 million apiece to
Indianapolis-based Christel House Academy and Boston-based Phalen Leadership Academies to launch new charter schools in Indianapolis.
MoreNew standardized test could be tougher than ISTEP
March 29, 2012
Associated PressState Superintendent Tony Bennett said the new Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC,
test in the 2014-2015 school year will be more difficult than the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress Plus
exam.
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These higher rates Co. e about only because physicians are now hospital employees. otherwise physicians couldn't charge these rates and share the windfall with the hospital. Community/rural hospitals probably not buying physicians practices and thus weren't getting the windfall anyway.
The incentive for poor people to get themselves off public assistance and "no longer be poor" is even with help...they're STILL POOR! Being poor, even with some assistance, isn't all that pleasant. (I speak from experience) It's a stubborn myth that poor people, who are on public assistance, are sitting in the lap of luxury. You should try living on just those "freebies" that you mentioned and see how meager they actually are. By the way, I didn't mean you had to buy/own a puppy...just pet one. :)
As near as I can tell the minority has ZERO constitutional obligation to offer a quorum to the majority. A requirement for quorum was inserted into the constitution so that tyrannical majorities could not simply shove through odious and objectionable legislation (which is exactly what they did.) By allowing a tyrannical majority to charge fines against the minority for exercising their constitutional prerogative to deny quorum the court as made a mockery of constitutional governance in the state of Indiana.
The voters elected the Reps to make a vote not walk out on the vote. They had to the right to exercise their opinion and vote "no" to the bill. Let me ask you this if you walked out of your job for 5 straight weeks would you get paid? Would you even have a job to go back to? If any elected official walks out on the people they should be arrested for stealing tax dollars from the public. They were elected to do a job and not leave when the job gets stuff.
I have been to several of their locations in Pennsylvania and always go in for 1 item and leave with a basket full of things. I'm very happy they decided on Indiana, now if only they would put the other store in eastside.