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Statewide ISTEP+ scores, released Wednesday to the public by the Indiana Department of Education, are generally holding steady, according to Dr. Suellen Reed, superintendent of public instruction.
In a press release issued yesterday, Reed said this year's scores "mirror" last year's. Scores were expected to be higher this year, she said, but since students were taking ISTEP tests when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks occurred, concentration may have wavered and students may not have done as well as they would have otherwise.
In Indiana, 70 percent of third-graders scored above state standards in math, the same as last year. Locally, 65 percent of Warsaw third-graders scored above state standards, with 79 percent in Wawasee schools, 63 percent in Whitko, 54 percent in Tippecanoe Valley, 60 percent in Triton and 67 percent of Manchester third-graders above state standards.
In English/language arts, 66 percent of those same third-graders statewide scored above state standards. In the Kosciusko County area, scores ranged from a low of 54 percent above standard in Tippecanoe Valley schools to a high of 78 percent in Wawasee schools.
Sixty-one percent of sixth-graders in the state scored above state standards in math; 52 percent of them were above standard in English.
In local schools, 72 percent of Warsaw sixth-graders were above standard in math, 57 percent above in English. Wawasee's scores were 73 percent of sixth-graders above standard in math, 51 percent in English; Whitko - 59 percent above in math, 53 percent in English; Tippecanoe Valley - 63 percent in math, 49 percent in English; Triton - 62 percent in math, 53 percent in English; and in Manchester, 67 percent in math, 46 percent in English.
Eighth-grade math and English scores were closer than other grades. Statewide, 66 percent of eighth-graders scored above state standards in math, 65 percent in English.
Locally, eighth-grade math scores ranged from Tippecanoe Valley's low of 65 percent above state standards to Warsaw and Triton's high of 78 percent. Eighth-grade English scores ranged from a low of 62 percent above state standards in Tippecanoe Valley to a high of 78 percent at Triton.
Sixty-five percent of 10th-graders in Indiana were above state standards in math, and 68 percent were above standard in English.
Tenth-graders almost consistently scored higher in English than in math, the only age group to do so.
For Warsaw, that meant 69 percent above standards in math, 71 percent above in English. At Wawasee, 72 percent were above in math, 75 percent in English. For Whitko, 61 percent were above standard in math, 64 percent in English. At Tippecanoe Valley, 67 percent were above in math, 69 percent in English. At Triton, 59 percent were above standard in math, 69 percent in English. Manchester, the only school to go against the trend in this age group, had 78 percent above state standard in math, 73 percent in English.
