Stories about school assessment, accountability, and research.
We speak to a fifth grader whose class was among the first to have their tests disrupted by computer problems.
With local schools’ additions to a list of disrupted tests, three out of every 10 ISTEP+ exams have been flagged for further review.
Can “low performing charter schools run from accountability”? asks Scott Elliott.
If a student’s test was interrupted and their score gets thrown out, it won’t count against their school’s “participation” score.
Six weeks after server problems caused widespread disruptions to Indiana’s online standardized tests, a New Hampshire based group is starting a review of the results to see if the state can use them in its rating systems for teachers and schools. The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment will conduct the inquiry, state [...]
States making the transition to Common Core-aligned tests are warning parents more rigorous assessments could results in a drop in scores.
They made their pitch to the chairman of the Indiana House Education Committee and a roomful of lawmakers and education leaders.
There are several possibilities — and we’ve put together a video to explain how they all might fit together.
Indiana Department of Education officials told the AP they’ll seek a third-party review of the scores.
Officials at testing company CTB/McGraw Hill announced they would release results of this year’s ISTEP+ exam in July — a release date that’s six weeks behind normal schedule.
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