You have likely already read about how the ILEARN test did statewide, with results down substantially.  Overall, students in the  Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School District saw their test results go down, but HSE students still far surpassed the state average.

In the 2019 ILEARN testing, 56.1% of HSE students taking the English Language Arts (ELA) and the Math test passed them both.  That compares with 73.5% passing both exams last year.  Last year’s test was the old ISTEP, with 2019 being the first year the state utilized ILEARN.

As far as how HSE students did on the individual Math and ELA tests – 64.3% passed the ELA ILEARN test this year, while 69.2% passed this year’s Math test.

Statewide, 37.1% of the students taking both the ELA & Math ILEARN exams passed both, compared to last year’s pass rate of 50.7% on ISTEP.  The statewide pass rate for just the ELA test was 47.9% and 47.8% for Math.

So, HSE saw a dip in test results compared to last year, but that has been the trend throughout Indiana.  However, HSE continues to score far above the state average.

LarryInFishers requested comments from HSE school administrators shortly after the results were announced Wednesday morning, but have yet to receive a response.  This story will be updated once comments are received from local school officials.