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Office of Special Education
Indiana Department of Education
151 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Phone: 317-232-0570
Toll Free: 877-851-4106
Fax: 317-232-0589
specialed@doe.in.gov

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Student Assessment/
Alternate Assessment/Student Performance

• ISTAR Kindergarten Readiness UPDDATE
MEMO ISTAR KR 020909
• Assessment Update January 2009
• Criteria for Participation in Alternate Assessments
• Indiana's Academic Standards
• The Foundations for Young Children to the Indiana Academic Standards
Skills and activities to prepare children, ages three to five, to meet the Indiana Academic Standards
• Indiana Standards Tool for Alternate Reporting (ISTAR)
Commonly known as ISTAR, this is an alternate assessment component of Indiana's assessment system for students who perform significantly above or below grade-level. In addition, ISTAR can be used as a supplementary assessment for students who also participate in ISTEP+.
• Individualized Classroom Accountability Network (ICAN)
More commonly known as ICAN, this is an optional provision of a web-based classroom toolbox, designed to support the local management of curriculum and assessment. Although ICAN has been developed for use with all students, not just those with exceptional needs, it contains a case conference/IEP componentthat is integrated with standards-referenced goals and assessments, including ISTAR.
• ISTEP+ Testing Accommodations
Appendix C Testing Accommodations Guidance on page 87 in the ISTEP+ Program Manual