iLearn

The grant will help the Indiana Department of Education implement three yearly checkpoints that track student progress before the end-of-year ILEARN assessment.

40.4% of students at Monroe County Community School Corporation are proficient in math and English language arts.

ILEARN English scores rose by 0.3 percentage points from last year.

The IDOE says too many third graders who fail a statewide reading test are advancing to fourth grade.

State officials said the new reports aim to increase the public’s ability to see how individual schools are doing.

The Indiana Department of Education expanded a student tutoring program based on low ILEARN test scores in math and reading.

The average start date for Indiana schools this year falls within the first half of August.

Literary rates for students in Indiana are declining. Indiana legislators are attempting to combat this with new curriculum.

Electric companies and co-ops are struggling to re-establish the grid after last month’s storms. Why residents are being encouraged to plant native species. And a long-time Bloomington restaurant is changing ownership.

The statewide ILEARN test will look different over the next few years as the Indiana Department of Education works to redesign the test.