INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Indiana Senate approved a measure on Tuesday that could ultimately lead lawmakers to ditch the state’s troubled ISTEP standardized student exam. A measure passed on a 38-10 ...

Students in grades three through eight take ISTEP-Plus, and the test has been revised to comply with new Indiana state standards. Just as it was last year, there will be two ISTEP testing windows — ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – After school systems complained about ISTEP being a mess this year, the Indiana Department of Education provided an update Monday on how the system was performing. The ISTEP ...

Indiana students haven’t begun answering a single question on the next round of the standardized ISTEP exam, and already policymakers are asking whether the technology used to administer the test is ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Wednesday he has “confidence in the integrity” of his State Board of Education despite an Associated Press review of documents that showed a top ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, on Tuesday tapped four local education and business leaders to the new statewide ISTEP review panel. A recently passed law calls for ...

Last fall, Pfaff administered ISTEP to seniors, who were attempting to pass the test for the fourth time in high school. She decided not to administer the spring test. "I didn't want any part of it in ...

The standardized test in Indiana is called ISTEP-Plus. The high-stakes test is given annually to students in third through eighth grade. At the high school level, students must pass the end-of-course ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana lawmaker has proposed having teachers grade the state's new standardized test as major decisions for the replacement of the current ISTEP exams loom. Republican state ...

Indiana Governor Mike Pence is taking a dramatic step to cut the length of this year's ISTEP test. The first round of testing is scheduled to begin in March. The governor signed an executive order to ...

INDIANAPOLIS - Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz has called a special meeting of the State Board of Education to address the added length of the ISTEP test. The move comes after parents ...