State Standards and Data

The Indiana Department of Education’s (IDOE’s) Office of Student Assessment is responsible for developing and administering valid and reliable student assessments that provide quality data on the academic performance and learning of Indiana students. Select from the following options to explore in-depth information regarding assessment programs, guidance, and requirements for accredited Indiana schools.

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Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, Indiana’s public and charter schools must meet added requirements to identify, as early as possible, struggling readers who show risk factors for dyslexia. Schools must provide systematic, sequential, and multisensory instruction to meet these students’ needs. All students in grades kindergarten through second grade will undergo universal screeners to check their skills in six different areas:

• Phonemic awareness (ability to separate and change sounds in words)
• Alphabet knowledge (name different letters)
• Sound symbol relationship (phonics)
• Decoding (reading)
• Rapid naming (quickly name common objects)
• Encoding (spelling)

Students who fall below a set score or benchmark on the universal screener will be considered by their school to be  “at risk” or “at some risk” for the characteristics of dyslexia. Students who are considered “at risk” or “at some risk” will receive targeted, intensive instruction to grow their foundational literacy skills. It is important to note: SCHOOLS CANNOT DIAGNOSE DYSLEXIA. Schools can only screen for risk and provide intervention for reading. Only a private, licensed clinical psychologist with an HSPP can diagnose dyslexia. It is a medical diagnosis, not an educational eligibility.

WHAT INTERVENTION PROGRAMS ARE USED TO ASSIST STUDENTS WHO SHOW RISK FACTORS FOR DYSLEXIA?

Students in Muncie Community Schools who need intervention in foundational literacy skills receive additional direct, explicit and multisensory instruction utilizing the following programs: 

• Spire
• Orton-Gillingham
• Heggerty
• PHonics and Spelling through Phoneme-Grapheme mapping

HOW MANY STUDENTS WHO WERE AT RISK FOR DYSLEXIA RECEIVED A READING INTERVENTION DURING THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR?

109 Muncie Community Schools students received reading intervention after being found at-risk by a dyslexia screener. 

HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED WITH DYSLEXIA BY A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL?

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Each student enrolled in a U.S. Government course where credit is awarded for General, Core 40, Core 40 with Academic Honors or Core 40 with Technical Honors designation is required to take the naturalization exam provided by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as administered by the student’s high school.

U.S. Government courses include Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, dual credit and Cambridge International courses. Students do not need to pass the naturalization examination in order to pass the U.S. Government course. Retests are not required or published in the results.

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The Indiana GPS dashboard seeks to:

• Empower educators by providing a variety of essential data points to support continuous improvement of student learning across the K-12 continuum,

• Support families and community stakeholders by providing meaningful, relevant, and transparent information about school progress and performance, and

• Elevate the highest-performing schools as models of excellence, and identify other schools for additional support.

GPS Dashboard 

With Graduation Pathways, students are able to individualize their graduation requirements to align to their postsecondary goal of Enrollment, Employment or Enlistment leading to service. No longer must all students fit into the same academic mold, but rather, they can choose the high school options that best meet their postsecondary needs and aspirations.

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