Noblesville students are once again proving to be the best of the best when it comes to state testing scores. Noblesville had 88.3 percent of its students pass in English, 92 percent pass math and 85.3 percent pass both sections.
This is compared to the Indianapolis Public School district, which had a small rise from 50 percent last year to 51.6 percent of students passing this year. This comes after a devastating year in 2009, when only 38 percent of students passed.
According to the Indiana Dept. of Education, 74.7 percent of students passed in English and math statewide, which is a one percent increase from last year.
“We are pleased that Noblesville Schools is among the top 10 districts in Central Indiana in student achievement on ISTEP+. While we are pleased with the overall upward trend of our scores, we continue to identify areas for improvement and to create plans to address these areas,” said Annetta Petty, executive director of learning.
Petty highlighted the following areas of the 2013-2014 Noblesville ISTEP scores:
• Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade math scores were at 94 percent, 92 percent and 91 percent pass rate respectively for the district. For some grade levels/schools, math scores reflected an increase of as much as 12 percentage points over last year’s score.
• Third-grade scores were as high as 95 percent in English and 94 percent in math. Some schools showed third grade growth as high as 12 percentage points over last year’s scores.
• Pass plus scores, that note high achievement above and beyond baseline requirements, were higher this year than last year for third and fourth graders.
• Instead of ISTEP, high school students take End of Course Assessments when they complete algebra I and English 10. NHS scores had an increase from last year in biology and English, and the high school’s scores overall are higher than the state average.
• In 2010, 52 percent of NHS students taking the AP exam scored a 3 or higher out of 5 (with 3 being the point the AP exam defines as measuring college success). This year, 71 percent of NHS students scored a 3 or higher compared to 51 percent of AP students in Indiana overall.
• Approximately 50 NHS students were classified as AP Scholars, achieving high AP scores across multiple subject exams.
