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 (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 ...

7:20 p.m. update -- We recieved the following update Tuesday night from the Indiana Department of Education: "Based upon assurances made by CTB McGraw Hill, the Indiana Department of Education 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 (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) - 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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The governor announced Wednesday that he and Glenda Ritz are now cooperating in an effort to shorten the ISTEP exam. Mike Pence called reporters together to try to put a good ...

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 ...

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 ...