The Indiana Department of Education has released the results of the first ILEARN exam conducted in the spring.
The results show only 37.1 percent of students in grades 3-8 passed the exam, a decrease of more than 13 percent from the previous year’s ISTEP test.
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick says a drop in test scores was expected with the implementation of the new statewide exam and the 2019 results “do not provide a true reflection of the performance of Indiana’s schools.”
47.9 percent of Hoosier students passed the English portion of the exam, and 47.8 percent passed the Math part.
