ISTEP+ InfoCenter
Updated: Assessment Committee Participant Application
The Office of Student Assessment involves teachers in several assessment committees throughout the year. To participate in an assessment committee, teachers must complete an application and receive approval from their building administrator. Please click on the link to access this application. (If you have completed the Word version of this application, it is not necessary to reapply.)
WHAT IS ISTEP+?
The Indiana Statewide
Testing for Educational Progress-Plus (ISTEP+) measures what
students know and are able to do at each grade level. Based
on Indiana’s
Academic Standards, ISTEP+ provides a learning check-up to
make sure students are on track and signal whether they need
extra help. [ See
Common questions about ISTEP+ ]
WHAT’S NEW ABOUT
ISTEP+
THIS YEAR? ISTEP+
is changing from the fall to the spring this year. This year
only (2008-09), students in grades 3-8 will take ISTEP+ twice
as part of the move to spring testing. Beginning in 2009-10,
students will only take ISTEP+ in the spring.
WHEN IS ISTEP+?
| ISTEP+/GQE
Testing Window* |
| Test |
Start
Date |
End
Date |
| Spring GQE Retest |
03/10/09 |
03/12/09 |
| ISTEP+ Writing |
03/02/09 |
03/11/09 |
| ISTEP+ Progress |
04/27/09 |
05/06/09 |
| * Check with your
school for local testing dates within each window. |
| MORE
DATES |
WHAT’S TESTED ON ISTEP+?
- Fall 2008 ISTEP+ (September 15-26)
The fall 2008
ISTEP+ includes multiple choice, essay and short answer
questions covering English/language arts and mathematics
at grades 3-8 as well as science at grades 5 and 7. Incoming
high school sophomores (class of 2011) will be the last
group of students to take the current Graduation Qualifying
Exam (GQE), required to earn a high school diploma. The
GQE covers English and math skills through grade 9. [ See
Common questions about the GQE+ ]
- Spring 2009 ISTEP+ (March, Late-April/Early May)
Like
the fall test, the spring ISTEP+ includes questions on
English and math at grades 3-8, science at grades 4 and
6 and social studies at grades 5 and 7. Incoming freshmen
this fall (class of 2012) will be the first group of students
to take the new GQE which consists of Algebra I and English
10 exams taken whenever students complete the corresponding
course. For most students, that will be in late spring.
WHY IS ISTEP+ CHANGING?
The changes are part of a larger
testing plan for Indiana that includes moving ISTEP+ to the
spring (grades 3-8), replacing the current GQE with Algebra
I and English 10 end-of-course exams and offering new computer-based
teaching tools to local schools on a voluntary basis for
grades K-8.
WHAT IF I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?
Call 1-888-54-ISTEP, contact
your local school or click on the links below:
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