Articles tagged as: Indiana State Board of Education
November 4, 2015
State Board Votes To Rework New Diploma Requirements
New high school diploma requirements that drew criticism for a variety of reasons will head back to the drawing board after the State Board of Education voted to postpone any action that would put the diplomas into effect.
Read MoreNovember 4, 2015
Online ISTEP+ Scores Could See As Much As A Nine-Point Boost
With only two months left in the calendar year, Indiana schools are now one step closer to finally seeing their standardized test results from last spring.
Read MoreOctober 26, 2015
Board Expects To Set ISTEP Pass-Fail Marks This Week
It's been two weeks since the Indiana State Board of Education put off a vote because of questions over potential differences in difficulty between the test's online and paper versions.
Read MoreOctober 9, 2015
Diploma Changes Worry Advocates of Special-Needs Students
The proposals would require special-needs students to take more math courses and meet a number of new requirements.
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2015
Arlington Seeks More Staff Amid Struggle To Control, Help Students
A combination of factors are contributing to Arlington Community High School's unsettled school atmosphere as students skip class, act out and some are even suspected of stealing a teacher's car. The school administration has asked IPS to provide more than 20 additional staff to help.
Read MoreSeptember 3, 2015
Rules On Indiana A-F School Grades Called Into Doubt
The Indiana Department of Education is reviewing whether A-F performance grades to schools could be canceled this year because regulations on setting those grades have expired.
Read MoreAugust 19, 2015
200 Students Are Missing From Arlington High School As IPS Hopes For 'Rebirth' After State Takeover
After three years under management of a private company, Arlington Community High School has returned to Indianapolis Public Schools. It's the first school under state intervention to transition back to its home district and school leaders are under pressure from the community and state to make it work. WFYI education reporter Eric Weddle will spend a year reporting from inside the school on it successes and challenges. In this first part of the series, A New Day, he looks at just how difficult it can be to start over at a school.
Read MoreAugust 5, 2015
ISTEP Test Problems Will Lead To Delay In Scores
Indiana has not yet seen an end to this year's ISTEP+ testing saga or the state's controversial relationship with testing company CTB-McGraw Hill. CTB officials informed State Superintendent Glenda Ritz there is an issue with a batch of new technology-enhanced test questions included on the statewide ISTEP+ test for the first time this spring, which will lead to a delay in the release of those test scores.
Read MoreAugust 5, 2015
Test Vendor CTB: ISTEP Scores Will Be Delayed
Standardized test scores for Indiana students will be delayed more than a month because the company hired to run the exam has hit a roadblock in grading a portion of the exam.
Read MoreAugust 5, 2015
Tech Glitch Will Delay ISTEP Results
Company officials said that the problem stems from new, technology enhanced questions that allow students to type in their answer to any given test item.
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