Results of new Indiana school evaluations delayed

The state announced the new A-to-F grading system earlier this year, as a way to include measures to more accurately portray growth in individual students’ test scores from year to year. But it appears changes to the system have caused some discrepancies between the Indiana Department of Education and some school districts, which in part has caused the official release of the numbers to be later than expected.

This is the second year schools have received letter grades under the DOE’s letter grade system and the first year for grades under the new system, which includes the “growth” measure.

While the former grading system focused on pass/fail rates on standardized tests, Stephanie Sample, director of communications at the Indiana Department of Education, said the new system will also include participation rates, student growth and college/career readiness metrics.