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 — ...

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 ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – Indiana schools are preparing to administer the second round of ISTEP+ testing this month, but lingering concerns over changes to the test continue to roil many districts.

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 ...

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 ...

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 -- 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 ...