This spring was supposed to be the final administration of Indiana's much maligned standardized test, ISTEP. Now, it looks like the test will hang around for another two years. After years of talk, ...

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 ...

In 2016, the Indiana legislature voted to repeal the ISTEP test and replace it with something quicker and more meaningful for Hoosier children. One year later, lawmakers find themselves in a quagmire ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – While state legislators passed a bill to shorten the ISTEP test and Governor Pence signed off on it Monday, many teachers and administrators still have some uncertainties ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Killed off seven months ago by the General Assembly and Gov. Mike Pence following repeated test administration and technology errors, the ISTEP standardized exam appears to be slowly ...

I read the article in the Oct. 6 Republic, “ISTEP drags down school ranks: 7 elementaries, Central, Northside drop; but East, North remain steady.” The school officials want to drill down into the ...

Feb. 26 through March 1 and March 5 mark the dates of the ISTEP (Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress) testing for Jennings County High School students. The mandated standardized test is ...

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 ...

An A-rated Gary elementary school will have its spring ISTEP scores voided after the state flagged how staff gave and scored the test, according to a state official. Staff at the Frankie W. McCullough ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The results for the 2017 ISTEP test are in.

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 ...