I'll be honest, I was pretty devastated after my second attempt. I'd been cramming the night before both times and telling myself that was enough. It wasn't. My score on the ELA portion was a 47 when I needed a 50 to hit proficiency, and the math gap was even worse. My teacher suggested I actually structure my prep this time instead of just reviewing random stuff.
What changed everything was finding a solid ILEARN practice test that actually mirrored the real question types — especially the evidence-based writing tasks and the multi-step math problems. I spent about 3 weeks doing timed practice sets each morning before school, maybe 45 minutes a day. I also grabbed an ILEARN study guide that broke down the Indiana Academic Standards by strand, which helped me figure out exactly where my gaps were instead of just studying everything blindly.
Does anyone else have exam tips specifically for the passage analysis questions? That section still trips me up and I have one more shot this spring. Would love to hear what worked for others.