Public schools in Lake County's urban core continue to struggle with ILEARN test scores. The results of the spring 2022 assessment were released by the Indiana Department of Education Wednesday.
On the English/language arts and math tests given to students in grades three through eight, only two percent of students at the Gary Community School Corporation were proficient in both. School City of East Chicago was only slightly better at 3.8 percent, compared to 7.6 percent for School City of Hammond.
The only Northwest Indiana school district where more than half of the students were proficient in English/language arts and math was School Town of Munster. Valparaiso Community Schools was just short of that threshold.
Generally, scores were higher at the lower grade levels and trended downward through the upper grades. Statewide, the Department of Education says scores increased slightly from last year, after taking a hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, but many students still aren't where they should be. Test scores of certain groups like English learners and Hispanic students have been particularly slow to recover.
Complete ILEARN results, including breakdowns by school, grade level and ethnicity, can be found on the Indiana Department of Education's website.