Indiana has a new retention law on the books that says if your third grade doesn’t pass IREAD this spring, they may get retained. Here’s everything you need to know about as a parent about the law and what your school should be communicating with you. Continue reading Is Your Third Grader About to Be Retained?
For the past ten years, student achievement has been falling. That’s true nationally. It’s also true in the Hoosier state. But this decline followed years of steady progress. So what happened that Indiana’s reading scores for its most vulnerable students tanked? Continue reading The Lost Decade: What Happened to Indiana’s Reading Scores?
Senate Enrolled Act 1 is complex. But far and away the piece that has garnered the most attention is the language in it around student retention. The legislation hypothetically opens the door to a massive increase in how many students are retained each year by Indiana schools. Continue reading Will Senate Enrolled Act 1 Hold Students Back or Propel Them Forward?
