President Barack Obama announced in late May that Indianapolis was one of seven cities to be the first to launch an initiative called US2020 which will connect passionate employees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) with local students. Besides Indianapolis, the other cities are: Allentown, PA; Chicago; Research Triangle Park, NC; Philadelphia; San Francisco […]

After an investigation by a noted education and testing consultant, the Indiana Department of Education has announced that the problems with the on line phase of this year’s ISTEP tests didn’t negatively impact student’s test scores. A couple of months ago, in response to widespread problems associated with CTB McGraw-Hill’s administration of the high-stakes ISTEP […]