Whitley Students Excel on Science Test

Seventh grade students in Whitley County Consolidated Schools did far better than average on the new ISTEP science test. According to figures released yesterday by the Indiana Department of Education, 52 percent of the state’s 80-thousand seventh graders passed the new science test. But at Whitley County Consolidated, 70 percent passed. Here’s the percentage that passed at other school districts in the Q101 area: Whitko, 58 percent. Huntington County Community, 55 percent. And students at Warsaw Community Schools matched the state average with 52 percent passing. Complete ISTEP results are available on the DOE's web site.