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State education officials want $4 million from CTB, the testing company they blame for problems with last year’s ISTEP test, arguing the company did not…
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The 22-member panel tasked with developing a new standardized assessment test to replace the ISTEP will begin meeting soon.Lawmakers mandated the ISTEP…
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Gov. Mike Pence says he’s working with legislators to ensure Indiana’s transition to new academic standards and a new standardized test shouldn’t affect…
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The State Board of Education has put off setting the so-called “cut scores” for passing ISTEP after last-minute concerns about the test's…
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As Indiana begins the transition to a new company to design and administer the ISTEP exam, legislators are discussing whether to scrap the test in favor…
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The State Board of Education met Wednesday for the first time since half the board’s members were replaced and spent the day focused on testing.When it…
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The ISTEP exam will survive another year, after a legislative flirtation with replacing it.The Senate twice passed bills to get rid of ISTEP in favor of a…
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One of Mitch Daniels’ pushes as Purdue President has been to try to amass as much data as he can showing his school is, by a phalanx of empirical…
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The road to this year’s ISTEP+ test has been bumpy. Recurring problems with technology and last-minute legislative changes to trim the length of the test…
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The General Assembly passed the halfway mark of so-called “education session” this week, and so far state standardized testing has dominated much of the…