Indiana High Schoolers Set Record Graduation Rate In 2025
Nearly 92% of Indiana’s high school seniors graduated in 2025, setting the highest graduation rate on record, the Indiana Department of Education announced Monday.
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Education Issues To Watch In Indiana’s 2026 Session
Stricter cellphone bans, more focus on STEM and increased school “efficiency” are shaping up as some of the highest-priority education debates Indiana lawmakers will tackle during a fast 2026 legislative session that starts back up next week.
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3,000 Children Repeating Third Grade Under New Indiana Literacy Requirement
About 3,000 Indiana students are repeating third grade this school year for not meeting the state’s reading proficiency standards.
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Indiana Seeks Federal Waiver To Streamline Education Funding, ‘Align’ Accountability
Indiana is asking the federal government for permission to overhaul how it spends and tracks billions in education aid – a request that Hoosier officials said would align the state’s accountability system with federal law and allow more freedom in how schools use their funds.
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Faith-Based College Pathway For Indiana Students Announced
Indiana faith-based high schools will soon have a new option for students to earn college credit before graduation through a credential announced Tuesday, Oct. 14 by the Indiana Department of Education and the Independent Colleges of Indiana.
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Indiana A Step Closer To New School Grading System
State education leaders want to measure schools by what students achieve, not punish schools for what students don’t.
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How Far Can Dual Office Holding Go In Indiana?
Gov. Mike Braun’s decision to give two of his top officials additional leadership posts has revived a longstanding constitutional question in Indiana: when can one person legally hold two government offices at once?
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Indiana Seeks Contractors To Improve Middle School Reading Scores
Around one-third of the 186,000 middle schoolers tested in Indiana in the 2024-25 school year did not read at grade level, according to data from the Department of Education presented Wednesday, Sept. 10.
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New Data: Chronic Absenteeism Continues Improving In Indiana Schools
Fewer Hoosier students are missing large chunks of school, but chronic absenteeism rates still remain well above pre-pandemic levels, according to new data presented Wednesday, Sept. 10 to the State Board of Education.
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Indiana Third Grade Reading Scores Improve At Record-Breaking Rate
Indiana third graders’ reading proficiency improved at a record-breaking rate this year, putting students’ scores on par with pre-pandemic levels.
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Indiana SAT Scores Tick Up Slightly But Still Trail College-Ready Goals
New SAT results showed more Hoosier students meeting college-readiness benchmarks in reading, but overall scores remain low — especially in math.
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Indiana To Seek Major New Flexibility For Federal School Funding
Hundreds of millions of dollars in federal education funding Indiana receives for teaching and learning could be rolled into block grants and distributed to schools to spend with minimal requirements, under a plan presented by officials Wednesday, July 16.
Read MoreILEARN Scores: Growth In Math, Reading Levels Stay Flat
Indiana students continued to make gains in math this spring, but statewide reading scores remained largely unchanged, according to new ILEARN assessment data released Wednesday.
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Indiana Unveils First Draft Of Overhauled School Accountability System
Indiana education officials presented the first draft of a sweeping new school accountability framework Wednesday, June 4, marking a major step toward replacing the state’s previous A-F grading system with a model that instead “values the unique skills and strengths of each student.”
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Indiana Education Officials Green-Light High School Diploma Overhaul
Indiana’s high school diploma came one step closer to a total revamp on Wednesday, Dec. 11, after state education officials approved a redesign plan that has been months in the making.
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Thousands Of Hoosier Kids Missed Between 10 And 18 Days Of School Last Year, Per New Data
About 40% of Hoosier students missed 10 or more school days last year, and nearly one in five were absent for at least 18 days, according to new Indiana data.
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