ILEARN Results / Space Tourism

July 28, 2021

Indiana released test scores for its standardized test ILEARN, and as many predicted scores have lowered. Today we talk about the pandemic’s impact on academics in the state.

We also learn about space tourism, as interest grows around billionaires and private companies travelling past the stratosphere.

Produced by Micah Yason.

Guests:

Jeanie Lindsay
Education Reporter, Indiana Public Broadcasting

Damian Betebenner
Senior Associate, The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment

Barrett Caldwell
Director of the NASA Indiana Space Grant Consortium, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University