State To Measure School Performance Beyond Standardized Test Scores
The Indiana Department of Education is developing a new school performance dashboard that will broaden how schools are measured beyond standardized test scores.
Read MoreThe Indiana Department of Education is developing a new school performance dashboard that will broaden how schools are measured beyond standardized test scores.
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Read MoreThis week is certification time for public and charter school enrollment numbers in Indiana. Wawasee is submitting an overall enrollment number of 2,851 students to the Indiana Department of Education for the entire school corporation, according to Dr. Steve Troyer, superintendent of the Wawasee Community School Corporation.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education issued its guidelines for a return of the 2020-21 academic and athletic school year, which sets guidelines for sports to return in July and August.
Read MoreAKRON — Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation (TVSC) has received a grant award of $50,000 for the submission of their 2020 Digital Learning – Community Advisory Grant. For 2020, grants were awarded to districts focused on building digital initiatives around the purposeful and strategic integration of technology into … Read More
SYRACUSE — Indiana Department of Education released the federal 2018-19 school accountability ratings to the public Friday, Jan. 3. More than 56% of high schools and 53% of elementary and middle schools received a rating of Meets Expectations or Exceeds Expectations. Each school in the Wawasee Community School Corporation … Read More
SYRACUSE — Indiana Department of Education released the 2019 state graduation rate Tuesday, Dec. 31. In 2019, Indiana’s graduation rate was 87.29 percent, and the non-waiver rate was 76.73 percent. In 2018, Indiana’s graduation rate was 88.1 percent with a non-waiver graduation rate of 80.78 percent. Wawasee High … Read More
SYRACUSE — Friday, Sept. 13, was the cutoff date for public school corporations to report enrollment numbers for the 2019-20 school year to the Indiana Department of Education. Tentative numbers for the Wawasee Community School Corporation show a continued decline in enrollment that has been the trend for … Read More
WARSAW — In response to the release of ILEARN results to the public this week, four superintendents in Kosciusko County school districts issued the following letter Friday, Sept. 6: Dear Kosciusko County parents and shareholders: Indiana Department of Education recently released scores from the latest version of state … Read More
WARSAW — The Indiana Department of Education publicly released statewide results of the Spring 2019 ILEARN results on Wednesday, Sept. 4. ILEARN recently replaced the former state assessment program known as ISTEP+. However, in comparison to past ISTEP+ scores, ILEARN showed lower achievement levels across the state in … Read More
SYRACUSE — For several years, ISTEP+ was sharply criticized as not being a true reflection of how public school students are actually performing in classrooms. Beginning in the spring of 2019, it was replaced by a new state assessment known as ILEARN. Results of the first ILEARN testing … Read More
MILFORD — The Milford Public Library has announced its list of upcoming events. Summer Family Story Time Guest storyteller Maureen Haab presented “Have Spacesuit, Will Travel” at Family Story Time on Friday, June 7. Children of all ages enjoyed listening to “The Astronaut Handbook” by Meghan McCarthy and “Mousetronaut” by … Read More
SYRACUSE — Although schools are still on Christmas break, Indiana Department of Education released 2018 high school graduation rates Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 2. Because of differences between federal and state accountability equations and standards, IDOE also released 2018 federal graduation rates. Locally, as reported by the state, Wawasee … Read More
MENTONE — As the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation bid adieu to two of its board members Monday night, Dec. 10, the board also learned of strides made by each of its schools as well as a sizable grant the school corporation received designed to help the district stay … Read More
SYRACUSE — School accountability letter grades for the 2017-18 school year were released by the Indiana Department of Education Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 14. This year, since there are differences in the federal and state accountability equations and standards, IDOE also released federal accountability grades for the 2017-18 school … Read More
WARSAW — The Warsaw Community Schools’ board of trustees applauded the efforts of a local teacher at the regular work session Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 13. Taylor Bean, an instructional coach for Warsaw Community Schools was presented with a certificate by Chief Academic Officer Dr. David Robertson at the … Read More