Fetch Indiana assessment data — fetch_assessment • inschooldata

Downloads and returns assessment data from the Indiana Department of Education. Includes ILEARN (2019, 2021-2025) and ISTEP+ (2014-2018) data.

Usage

fetch_assessment(end_year, level = "all", tidy = TRUE, use_cache = TRUE)

Arguments

end_year: School year end (e.g., 2024 for 2023-24 school year). Valid years: 2014-2019, 2021-2025 (no 2020 due to COVID testing waiver).
level: Level of data to fetch: "all" (default), "state", "corporation", or "school"
tidy: If TRUE (default), returns data in tidy (long) format. If FALSE, returns wide format with separate columns for each grade/proficiency level.
use_cache: If TRUE (default), uses locally cached data when available.

Value

Data frame with assessment data. Includes proficiency counts and percentages by grade and subject.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Get 2024 ILEARN data (2023-24 school year)
assess_2024 <- fetch_assessment(2024)

# Get corporation-level data only
corp_assess <- fetch_assessment(2024, level = "corporation")

# Get wide format (easier for some analyses)
assess_wide <- fetch_assessment(2024, tidy = FALSE)

# Get historical ISTEP+ data
istep_2018 <- fetch_assessment(2018)

# Filter to math results
math_results <- assess_2024 |>
  dplyr::filter(subject == "Math", is_corporation)
} # }