Get In the Know With Kim’s Friday News & Sports Headlines Snowy weather in the nation leads Friday’s headlines on this day that we stop to remember the legendary singer Sam Cooke on his birthday (videos below). Forecasters say the huge snowstorm they expect to begin pounding the Mid-Atlantic today could truly make history. The […]
In an expansive, wide-ranging Afternoons with Amos interview, Dr. Lewis Ferebee, Superintendent of the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) talked about a number of critical issues facing the state’s largest school district. This month IPS is holding meetings with parents, staff and the community on helping the district create a Strategic Plan for, in Dr. Ferebee’s […]
Get In The Know With Kim’s Thursday News & Headlines President Obama is asking Congress for renewed war powers to fight ISIS; a bill to aid in the prevention of suicide among the nation’s veterans is headed to the President’s desk today; a veteran CBS/”60 Minutes” journalist loses his life in an automobile accident; for the first time there’s […]
UPDATED WITH NEW INFORMATION ON COOPERATION BETWEEN GOV. MIKE PENCE & SUPT. GLENDA RITZ. In Day 3 of the ISTEP Crisis, Gov. Mike Pence called another Press Conference and stressed cooperation between himself and Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz. At the Wednesday Press Conference, carried live on Afternoons with Amos, the Governor stressed the […]
The 2014-20145 School Year in the Indianapolis began with the Warren Township Schools opening their doors to students. Afternoons with Amos talked with Warren Township Superintendent Dr. Dena Cushenberry on the first day of of school an talked about the first day and a number of her expectations for the new school year. Dr. Cushenberry […]
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 […]
Despite the problems with the 2013 ISTEP tests in Indiana, African-American public school students in Indianapolis/Marion County continued to improve in the annual achievement tests conducted for third through eighth graders in Indiana’s schools. The analysis of 2013 ISTEP data by PraiseIndy.com revealed that 61.0% of city/county African-American public school students passed their grade’s benchmark […]
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 […]
In an unprecedented joint committee of Indiana Senators and Representatives, the President of the company responsible for Indiana’s ISTEP+ Tests accepted responsibility for the botched testing that caused over 78,000 Hoosier students to have their ISTEP test sessions interrupted and disrupted by severe computer problems. At the start of a special legislative Education Commission, broadcast […]
UPDATED: How Did Black Students Do On This Year’s ISTEP Tests? Find Out Here! Good News and Bad News
UPDATED WITH LINK TO STATE ISTEP DATABASE & REACTION OF STATE SUPT. DR. TONY BENNETT: African-American public school students in Indianapolis/Marion County continue to improve their performance in the annual ISTEP tests conducted for third through eighth graders in Indiana’s schools. The annual analysis of 2012 ISTEP data by Praise Indy.com and The Indianapolis Recorder […]
A solid majority of Indianapolis African-American elementary and middle public school students passed the 2011 ISTEP tests in English/Language Arts and Math. According to data released by the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) and analyzed by Afternoons with Amos , 58.4% of the 23,238 Indianapolis African-American third through eighth graders passed ISTEP’s English/Language Arts (ELA) […]
African-American students improved in English/Language Arts and Math in the 2010 ISTEP tests according to data released this week. Statewide, 54.2% of Black students passed ISTEP English/Language Arts and 53.3% passed ISTEP math. Up from 47.6% and 47.0% respectively in last year’s ISTEP tests. There was improvement and increases in the percentage of Black students […]