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Indiana Learning Lab Expands Under IDOE and Five Star Technology Solutions Partnership
The Indiana Learning Lab was launched to provide a virtual hub for educators to access lesson plans and grow professionally and offering parents resources to help their children navigate online instruction. Learn more about its expansion with @IDOE:
Almost Half of Indiana Students Failed the ISTEP+. Can We Blame These Results On a Flawed State Test?
Claire Fiddian-Green is the President & CEO of the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation. This week, ISTEP+ results for the 2016-17 school year were released, and the figures are deeply troubling. Consistent with last year, only 51% of Hoosier students in Grades 3-8 passed both the Math and English/Language Arts (ELA) portions of the ISTEP+. The results are far worse in 10th grade, where only 34% of students passed both the Math and ELA portions of the test. While it’s tempting to dismiss these results as the product of a flawed state test, that would be a mistake and a disservice to students, parents, teachers and school leaders. Recall that Indiana recently […]