Indiana students improved on this year’s ILEARN test, but they’re still behind where they were before the pandemic.
The Indiana Department of Education says English passing rates are stabilizing after a drop during the pandemic.
Math performance went up, but math recovery only makes up a quarter to half of the 4-to-9 percentage points lost the year before.
Education Secretary Katie Jenner says the state will need to “triple down” on reading recovery programs.
Chief academic officer Charity Flores says the department is launching a coaching program this summer, putting reading specialists in 70 schools to help teachers focus their efforts on the science of reading.
