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 ...

They're paid to give your kids an education but some local teachers are waiting to bonuses promised to them because of a delay in ISTEP scores.The scores are a critical part to many teachers' yearly ...

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 ...

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 (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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A little more than a year ago, lawmakers made the dramatic call to “repeal” the state’s beleaguered ISTEP test without a set alternative. Friday night, they finally decided on a plan for what should ...

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 ...

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 (AP/WANE) – Indiana will cut about three hours from the testing time for the standardized exam thousands of students will soon begin taking by eliminating some questions under a plan ...