Indiana Department of Education released statewide and local 2014 ISTEP+ scores today. The data show increased scores throughout subject areas at the statewide level, according to a provided press release. Locally though, most local school corporations improved overall in English and language arts but saw a decline in math results in 2014 from 2013. The ISTEP test is given to students in grades third through eighth in math and English/language arts. According to the release, 80.7 percent of Indiana students passed the English/language arts portion of the test, up from 79.5 percent in 2013. In math, 83.5 percent passed, up from 83 percent in 2013. Finally, 74.7 percent of Indiana students passed both English/language arts and math, up from 73.7 percent last year. In response to these results, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz issued the following statement: “This year, we saw yet another increase in student performance indicated through ISTEP. I want to congratulate Indiana’s students, parents, teachers and administrators for all their hard work this past year. These increased scores are just one sign of the great learning that is happening in Indiana schools.” At Wawasee Community Schools, 76.3 percent of the students taking the test passed the English/LA portion in 2014, up from 71.4 percent in 2013 but down from 78 percent in 2012. While 83.5 percent passed math in 2012, that dropped to 81.9 percent in 2013 and 81.8 percent in 2014 at Wawasee. For both categories, 69.9 percent passed in 2014, up from 66.1 percent in 2013 but down from 72.3 percent in 2012. At individual Wawasee schools in 2014, North Webster Elementary had 81.6 percent pass English/LA and 78 percent pass math while 68.9 percent passed both. Wawasee Middle School had passing rates of 72.7 in English/LA, 82.7 in math and 67.4 in both. Milford School had 77.5 percent pass English/LA, 84.3 pass math and 72.9 pass both. Syracuse Elementary had 76.3 percent pass English/LA, 80.2 percent pass math and 71.4 percent both. Warsaw Community Schools saw its English/LA go up to 83.9 percent in 2014 from 83.7 percent in 2013, though that’s still down from 84.1 percent in 2012. Math at Warsaw dropped to 84.4 percent in 2014 from 86.4 percent in 2013, but was still up from 83 percent in 2012. For both math and English/LA, Warsaw had 76.3 percent pass in 2012, up to 78.5 percent in 2013 but dropped to 77.6 percent in 2014. For the individual middle schools in 2014, Lakeview had 76.9 percent pass English/LA, 75.5 percent pass math and 68.3 percent pass both; while Edgewood had 82.5 percent pass English/LA, 84 percent pass math and 75.6 percent bass both. No Warsaw elementary school had a percent passing rate below 74 percent in 2014. At Claypool, 87.3 percent passed English/LA, 89.4 percent passed math and 84.1 percent passed both. Eisenhower had 91.7 percent pass English/LA, 86.3 percent pass math and 84.2 percent pass both. Harrison had 82.9 percent pass English/LA, 85.2 percent pass math and 76.3 percent pass both. Leesburg had 76.6 percent pass English/LA, 83.8 percent pass math and 74 percent pass both. Jefferson had 78.9 percent pass English/LA, 84.2 percent pass math and 76.1 percent pass both. Lincoln had 90.8 percent pass English/LA, 91.9 percent pass math and 86 percent pass both. Madison had 89.9 percent pass English/LA, 86.6 percent pass math and 80.7 percent pass both. Finally, Washington STEM Academy had 90.3 percent pass English/LA, 88 percent pass math and 83.8 percent pass both. Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. had its ISTEP scores go up in all three categories, the highest scores of the last three years. In English/LA, the percentage passing at Valley was 77.9 in 2012, 78.3 in 2013 and 79.9 percent in 2014. In math, the rate went from 77.1 in 2012 to 77.5 in 2013 and up to 79.5 percent in 2014. For both categories, it went from 69 percent in 2012 to 67.8 in 2013 and 72.4 percent in 2014. Tippecanoe Valley Middle School had 73.2 percent pass English/LA in 2014, with 72.4 percent passing math and 64.8 percent passing both. At the elementary schools, Akron had 86.7 percent pass English/LA while Mentone had 87 percent pass in 2014. In math, Akron had a pass rate of 84.1 percent, while Mentone’s was 89.6 percent. For both categories, Akron had 78.5 percent pass while Mentone had a pass rate of 81.7 percent. Whitko’s English/LA passing rate hit 79.7 percent in 2014, up from 78.9 in 2013 and 78.3 in 2012, while its math rate declined from 79.2 in 2013 to 78.9 in 2014, though that’s still higher than the 75.3 percent passing in 2012. For both categories, it increased from 66.7 percent in 2012 to 70.5 percent in 2013 and 72.3 percent in 2014. Also in 2014, Whitko Middle School had a pass rate of 71.8 percent in English/LA, 71.9 percent in math and 64.2 percent for both. Pierceton Elementary had pass rates of 87.6 in English/LA, 84.2 in math and 79.1 percent in both; while South Whitley Elementary’s rates were 87.9 in English/LA and math but 81.8 percent for both. Triton, Manchester and Warsaw Christian School all saw their percentage rates drop in 2014 compared to 2013. In English/LA, Triton dropped from 89.1 percent in 2013 to 84.2 percent in 2014. That’s still higher than the 74.5 percent passing in 2012. While Triton’s math passing rate was 83.3 percent in 2012, its rate dropped from 90.3 percent in 2013 to 88.4 percent in 2014. For both categories, the passing rate was 80.3 percent in 2014, down from 85 percent in 2013 but still higher than 70.2 percent in 2012. Triton Elementary School in 2014 had a 86.9 percent pass rate in English/LA, 91.8 percent in math and 84 percent for both. The junior-senior high school had pass rates of 86.9 in English/LA, 91.8 in math and 84 percent for both. Manchester English/LA rate rose from 81.7 in 2012 to 81.8 in 2013, but dropped to 80.2 percent in 2014; while math rose from 88.3 in 2012 to 89.1 in 2013, only to drop to 86.9 percent in 2014. For both categories, 2014 was the lowest at 75.4 percent, compared to 76.7 in 2013 and 77 percent in 2012. The elementary had a 92.8 percent pass rate in English/LA for 2014, 89.6 percent pass rate in math and 86.4 percent for both. The intermediate school had pass rates of 81.7 in English/LA, 91.6 in math and 79 percent for both. At the junior-senior high school, pass rates were 71.8 percent in English/LA, 79.3 in math and 64.8 for both. Warsaw Christian School had an English/LA passing rate of 97.9 percent in 2013, but that dropped to 89.9 in 2014. Its math also dropped from 91.5 in 2013 to 81.2 in 2014, while both scores dropped from 91.5 in 2013 to 81.2 percent in 2014. Scores for 2012 were not available. Sacred Heart School had an English/LA passing rate of 97.2 percent in 2014, but that fell to 92 percent in 2013 then rose to 93.3 percent in 2014. In math, its percent passing rate continued to drop from 91.7 in 2012 to 90.7 in 2013 and then to 89.3 percent in 2014. For both categories, the percent passing rate fell from 90.3 in 2012, to 89.3 in 2013 and then to 85.3 in 2014. At Lakeland Christian Academy, all three categories improved. The private school saw its English/LA passing rate grow from 78.1 in 2012 to 80.5 in 2013 and 82.9 in 2014. While math dropped from 81.3 in 2012 to 73.2 in 2013, it did bounce back to 75.6 percent in 2014. The same thing happened in both categories: the percent passing rate dropped from 78.1 in 2012 to 73.2 in 2013, only to increase in 2014 to 75.6 percent.
