Indiana Department of Education touted another year of record-breaking scores when it released the Indiana Statewide Testing for Education Progress Plus scores this morning.
Local school corporations all saw an improvement corporation-wide this year over the past four years.
The state started ISTEP+ testing in the spring in 2009, with prior testing taken in the fall.
At Warsaw, the percentage passing English/language arts for third through eighth grade in 2012 was 84.1 percent. That was up from 79.2 in 2011, 75.5 in 2010, and 72.5 in 2009.
In math, Warsaw averaged 83 percent passing in 2012, compared to 76.2 in 2011, 76.8 in 2010 and 75.4 in 2009.
For both English/language arts and math, percent passing for Warsaw Community Schools was 76.3; up from 69.4 in 2011; 68.1 in 2010; and 66.1 in 2009.
Wawasee’s percentage passing in 2012 was down slightly from 2011, but was still up compared to 2010 and 2009 levels.
Percentage passing English/language arts at Wawasee in 2012 was 78, down from 79 in 2011, but up from 76.4 in 2010 and 71.3 in 2009.
In math, Wawasee averaged 83.5 in 2012, down from 83.6 in 2011, but up from 82.2 in 2010 and 76.9 in 2009.
For both categories, Wawasee averaged 72.3 percent in 2012, down from 73.5 in 2011, but up from 71.5 in 2010 and 65.6 in 2009.
Results at Tippecanoe Valley were all up in 2012 compared to 2009-11.
In English/language arts, the school corporation averaged 77.9 in 2012, up from 72.7 in 2011, 74.7 in 2010 and 68.5 in 2009.
Valley’s math average was 77.1 in 2012, up from 71.3 in 2011, 75.7 in 2010 and 73.3 in 2009.
Both categories combined for third- through eighth-graders also was up at 69 percent in 2012, compared to 62.4 in 2011, 66.6 in 2010 and 61.3 in 2009.
Whitko’s English/language arts average was down a small fraction in 2012 compared to 2011, as was its average for both ELA and math, but its math average was up in 2012 compared to 2011.
For the 2012 test, Whitko’s ELA average was 78.3 percent passing, compared to 78.5 in 2011, but up from 75.2 in 2010 and 68.2 in 2009.
Math in 2012 hit 75.3 percent passing, up from 74.1 in 2011, 75.2 in 2010 and 69.4 in 2009.
For both categories, Whitko’s percent passing was 66.7 in 2012, down from 67.5 in 2011, but up from 66.1 in 2010 and 59.8 in 2009.
Triton School Corporation ISTEP+ results have consistently increased over the past four years, according to the IDOE figures released this morning.
In 2012, Triton’s averages were 74.5 for ELA, 83.3 for math and 70.2 for both categories.
Previous years, Triton got a 72.7 in ELA, 80.7 in math, 66.6 for both in 2011; 72.2 in ELA, 82.5 in math, 67.6 in both for 2010; and 69.2 in ELA, 81.4 in math and 64.2 in both for 2009.
Manchester Community Schools has had some of the highest average scores of the local public school corporations over the past four years.
In English/language arts, the percent passing in 2012 was 81.7; up from 81 in 2011; 77.4 in 2010; and 74.4 in 2009.
Math at Manchester was 88.3 percent passing in 2012; up from 83 in 2011; 68.7 in 2010; and 73.3 in 2009.
Both categories, Manchester’s percent passing was 77 in 2012; 73.3 in 2011; 60.5 in 2010; and 65.6 in 2009.
This year, private schools accepting student vouchers from the state must administer the ISTEP+ program to all students at the testing grade levels, which are grades three through eight.
Sacred Heart has students in third through sixth grade, while Lakeland Christian Academy has students in seventh and eighth grade.
The state only provided data for private schools for the 2012 ISTEP+ test.
At Sacred Heart, percentage passing English/language arts was 97.2. In math, 91.7 percent passed, with 90.3 percent passing both ELA and math.
LCA had 78.1 percent pass ELA in 2012, and 81.3 percent pass math. For both categories, 78.1 percent of Lakeland students passed.
In a press release issued by the IDOE, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett said, “Hoosiers from all walks of life should greet this news with a standing ovation. More students are getting a world-class education in our schools. Thanks to the efforts of Indiana’s great teachers, we’re successfully educating a new generation of leaders and innovators who will build a more prosperous future for our state.”
Overall, 71 percent of Hoosier students passed both the ELA and math portions of the test during the 2011-12 school year. That’s a 1 percent gain on the previous school year and an 8 percent gain since the 2008-09 school year, according to the press release.
For the first time, more than 80 percent of students demonstrated proficiency on at least one of the four subjects tested. The percentage of students passing the math portion of the test reached 81 percent, a 2-percent increase over the previous school year and a 9 percent increase since the 2008-09 school year.
Students recorded a pass rate of 79 percent on the ELA portion of the test, 71 percent on the science section of the exam and 69 percent on the social studies segment of the assessment. The pass rates for all subject areas represent improvements over the previous school year and gains of at least eight total percentage points since 2008-09, according to the press release.
ISTEP+ is given each spring to approximately half a million students. The goal of the test, according to the release, is to measure how well students perform and comprehend the skills and content outlined in Indiana’s Academic Standards. Like last year’s test, the 2011 version of ISTEP+ included open-ended and multiple choice questions in ELA and math at each tested grade level, as well as science for fourth and sixth grade and social studies for fifth and seventh.
The test was administered in two separate testing windows. Students took the open-ended portion March 5-14, and the multiple choice section April 30 to May 9.
Also this year, more than 329,000 students took all multiple choice portions of the test online.
