State Releases iLearn Results; ‘Don’t Show True Reflection’ State Supt. Says
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Jackie Gorski-jgorski@timesuniononline.com
No school in the county had more than two-thirds of its total schools proficient in English language, math, science and social studies, according to the spring 2019 Indiana Learning Evaluation and Readiness Network results released Wednesday.
“While the 2019 ILEARN results do not provide a true reflection of the performance of Indiana’s schools, they do once again show us the importance of developing a modernized state legislated accountability system that is fair, accurate and transparent,” said State Superintendent Dr. Jennifer McCormick in a news release. “With this in mind, the Department will propose the following legislative actions: place a ‘hold harmless’ year on 2017-2018 letter grades, pause intervention timelines for all schools, and provide the State Board of Education with emergency rulemaking authority to review and reestablish the state accountability system. The success and wellbeing of our schools and educators is dependent upon these actions.”
ILEARN was mandated in 2017 and assesses college and career readiness content standards in English language arts and mathematics in third to eighth grades; science in fourth and sixth grades; high school biology; social studies in fifth grade and U.S. government in high school, according to the release
The total Warsaw Community School Corp. results were: 48.4% of those tested were proficient in English language arts, while 58% of eighth grade, 52.9% of seventh grade, 49.3% of sixth grade, 44.6% of fifth grade, 44.1% of fourth grade and 41.6% of third grade were proficient.
Percentage of Warsaw students proficient in math were 52%, with 47.8% of eighth grade, 50.9% of seventh, 52.0% of sixth, 48.9% of fifth, 53.7% of fourth and 58.6% of third grade proficient.
Warsaw had 45.4% proficient in science for the district, with 47.1% of sixth grade and 43.6% of fourth grade proficient. The percentage of fifth-graders proficient in social studies was 45.3%.
Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. students tested were 45% proficient in ELA, while 50.7% of eighth grade, 49.2% of seventh grade, 31.6% of sixth grade, 54.1% of fifth grade, 50.4% of fourth grade and 34.8% of third grade proficient in ELA.
About 53.3% of Valley students were proficient in math, with 42.3% of eighth, 51.6% of seventh, 59.8% of sixth, 53.4% of fifth, 56.4% of fourth and 57.0% of third grade proficient.
Valley had a percentage of 47.2% proficient in science, with 48.9% of sixth grade and 45.3% of fourth grade were proficient. The percentage of fifth-graders proficient in social studies was 50.4%.
The total percentage of students tested at Whitko Schools that were proficient in ELA were 38.5%, while 47.5% of eighth grade, 39.2% of seventh grade, 36.5% of sixth grade, 29.1% of fifth grade, 32.9% of fourth grade and 45.05% of third grade were proficient in ELA.
The total percentage of students proficient in math for Whitko was 34.3%, with 28.3% of eighth, 33% of seventh, 26.9% of sixth, 24.4% of fifth, 46.8% of fourth and 51.3% of third grade proficient.
Whitko had a percentage of 39.9%, with 42.3% of sixth grade and 36.7% of fourth grade proficient in science. The proficiency in social studies in fifth grade was 26.7%.
Triton’s total for those proficient in ELA were 35.9%, with 56.7% of eighth grade, 55% of seventh, 62% of sixth, 72.5% of fifth, 62.5% of fourth and 57.6% of third grade proficient in ELA.
Triton’s total for those proficient in math was 53.7% of those tested, with 64.1% of eighth, 49.3% of seventh, 50.7% of sixth, 48.8% of fifth, 63.3% of fourth and 48.4% of third grade proficient.
The percentage proficient in science for Triton in total was 58%, with 60.6% of sixth and 55% of fourth grade proficient. Triton had 63.8% of fifth-graders proficient in social studies.
Wawasee’s total for those proficient in ELA was 44.2%, while 42.5% of eighth grade, 45.6% of seventh, 47.8% of sixth, 44.2% of fifth, 39.6% of fourth and 45.5% of third grade were proficient.
The total amount of students proficient in math for Wawasee was 41.3%, with 30.9% of eighth, 35.1% of seventh, 41.2% of sixth, 38.9% of fifth, 44.4% of fourth and 58.6% of third grade proficient. The percentage of those proficient in science for Wawasee was 44.5%, with 49.6% of sixth and 39.3% of fourth grades proficient. The percentage of fifth-graders proficient in social studies was 34.6%.
The total amount for Manchester Community Schools was 46.7% proficient in ELA, while 48.7% of eighth, 48.8% of seventh, 57.7% of sixth, 47.9% of fifth, 31.1% of fourth and 45.1% of third grade were proficient.
The total of students tested for math that were proficient in MCS were 52.8%, with 58.8% of eighth, 49.6% of seventh, 61.8% of sixth, 50.4% of fifth, 39% of fourth and 58.2% of third grade were proficient in math.
The total percent of students proficient in science was 50.8%, with 61% of sixth and 40.3% of fourth grades proficient. MCS had 49.6% of fifth-graders proficient in social studies.
