Disparate Indiana pols agree ISTEP answers needed
A 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.
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Indiana voucher program returns $5M to public schools
The Indiana Department of Education announced Wednesday that $5 million is owed the state's schools because of savings achieved through school vouchers.
Outside review sought for Indiana exam results
Indiana'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.
Fort Wayne schools want 3rd party to review ISTEP
Indiana's largest school district says it won't accept results of this year's standardized testing until an independent third party validates the scores.
Schools face ISTEP+ problems for 2nd straight day
School 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.
Indiana State Teachers Association elects new leader
Teresa Meredith, an elementary teacher from Shelbyville, has been elected president of the Indiana State Teachers Association, replacing long-time leader Nate Schnellenberger.
Bill would delay new Indiana school standards
Indiana legislators prepared a compromise bill Thursday that would suspend implementation of a national set of reading and math education standards for a year while new state reviews are done.
Senate panel advances looser superintendent rules
A proposal to no longer require Indiana's local school superintendents to hold a state superintendent's or teacher's license is advancing in the Legislature.
Looser Indiana school voucher rules face questions
The fate of a proposal to expand Indiana's private school voucher program by making kindergartners and some other students immediately eligible could come down to something that no one seems to know — how much it will cost.
TV ads oppose review of Indiana school standards
An 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.
Senator pulls bills scrapping Indiana school grades
A bill that would have eliminated Indiana’s A-F grading scale for individual schools has been withdrawn by its sponsor in the Indiana Senate.
Panel supports scrapping Indiana school grades
A Republican-controlled state Senate committee agreed Wednesday with the new Democratic state schools superintendent that Indiana's A-F grading scale for individual schools should be scrapped.
Bill that would shift Indiana voucher oversight advances
Indiana's new Democratic state schools superintendent would no longer oversee the private school voucher program that she has opposed under a proposal approved Tuesday by a Republican-controlled legislative committee.
Indiana unlikely to shift from school standards
A bill that could be voted on by the state Senate in the coming week would suspend implementation of the benchmarks at Indiana schools until after the state Board of Education has finished a new review of the standards it adopted in 2010.
Mayor to take control of four struggling Indy schools
The Indiana State Board of Education is handing authority over four troubled Indianapolis schools to the city's mayor.
Indy mayor asks Indiana for control of 4 schools
The mayor of Indianapolis is asking the Indiana State Board of Education to give him control of four former city schools taken over by the state because of poor performance.
Pence says he, Indiana schools chief have same aims
Indiana's new governor and state schools superintendent are from different political parties but they seemed in agreement Friday on getting schools to focus more on preparing students for careers.
State to challenge court ruling on takeover schools
A judge ruled last month that the state improperly counted enrollment at four troubled schools that were handed over to private operators this school year.
Marion County judge rules against state in schools takeover
The ruling means more than $6 million in student funding transferred from IPS to the schools' private operators should not have been taken away.
Indiana board approves teacher license changes
The State Board of Education voted 9-2 Wednesday in favor of the rule changes supported by outgoing Republican state schools superintendent Tony Bennett.