INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The 23-person panel tasked with coming up with a replacement for the troubled ISTEP is still weighing its options. There is still no clear choice when it comes to the best exam ...

HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) The State Board of Education and superintendents are registering their concerns with the Department of Education about ISTEP testing. Monday, Governor Pence signed an executive ...

If a rose by any other name would smell less sweet, will ISTEP by another name be less irksome? State education officials are hoping so. State Superintendent Jennifer McCormick says the state is on ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (August 4, 2014) — The Indiana Department of Education has released ISTEP+ scores for the 2013-14 school year, showing small gains in the test’s final year under old standards.

The ISTEP test has been overhauled, and some school administrators, parents and students are concerned. "There are several significant differences, the first part is time," said Kay Antonelli, the ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Parents will spend time next week getting their students ready for ISTEP. An Indiana group is trying to let parents know of an option that would allow their children to not ...

ISTEP testing kicked off Monday with some glitches, but no repeats of last year's widespread online problems. Those problems came when a contractor's system failed. "There have been some isolated ...

MUNCIE, Ind. — When the 23-person ISTEP replacement panel was meeting it was criticized by school leaders for making slow progress. Then, when the committee's final report was released last month, it ...

The grade levels being reported are new, but Monroe County Community School Corp. ISTEP test scores remain almost exclusively above state averages, with continued strong performance in the elite "Pass ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Christie Hurt has two children who repeatedly do well on ISTEP, one earning nearly perfect scores on the state-mandated assessment. The third never passed. Hurt tossed all their ...