Indiana ILEARN test scores plunge unevenly
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Anthony Lanzilote for Chalkbeat
As education officials had warned, Indiana elementary and middle school test scores plunged this year, with only a fraction testing proficient in English and math, much fewer than two years ago.
Results of the annual ILEARN state tests released Wednesday show that 28.6% of students statewide in grades 3 through 8 tested proficient in both English and math. In 2019, the last time the test was given, 37.1% passed.
In Indianapolis Public Schools, which has a high proportion of students from struggling families, only 10% showed proficiency in both English and math.
Last spring, states debated whether testing students amid a pandemic was fair to them and schools. Indiana decided to test, and required even students learning remotely to take the annual standardized exams in person though state lawmakers won’t punish schools for the results.
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Carmen Williams is the new superintendent in training at the Medford Public Schools. (Medford Public Schools)
MEDFORD, MA Carmen Williams, a doctoral candidate in the Educational Leadership Program at Harvard University s Graduate School of Education, has joined the Medford Public Schools as a superintendent in residence. Williams will work with Superintendent Marice Edouard-Vincent s office from July 2021 to April 2022.
The fellowship is fully funded through Harvard, and the partnership provides the district with an additional opportunity to meet the needs of all students.
Williams has 17 years of education leadership that touches upon diverse aspects of the educational field. She received her bachelor of science in Elementary Education and her master of science in Educational Leadership from Indiana University. She began her educational career as an elementary school teacher, later serving as a middle school assistant principal and a middle school principal for seven