Were Online ISTEP+ Testing Disruptions More Widespread Than We’re Hearing?
With local schools’ additions to a list of disrupted tests, three out of every 10 ISTEP+ exams have been flagged for further review.
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June 14, 2013
June 11, 2013
With ISTEP+ Issues & New Model Coming, How Indiana Schools Will Get Their A-F Grades This Year
If a student’s test was interrupted and their score gets thrown out, it won’t count against their school’s “participation” score.
With ISTEP+ Issues & New Model Coming, How Indiana Schools Will Get Their A-F Grades This Year
If a student’s test was interrupted and their score gets thrown out, it won’t count against their school’s “participation” score.
June 10, 2013
After Online Testing Debacle, Ritz Appoints Third Party To Review ISTEP Results
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 [...]
After Online Testing Debacle, Ritz Appoints Third Party To Review ISTEP Results
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 [...]
June 6, 2013
To Bridge ‘Digital Divide,’ Obama Will Expand Internet Access In Rural Schools
President Obama will announce Thursday a program designed to expand high-speed internet connections in rural areas “for 99 percent of students across the country,” reports The Washington Post: Under the initiative, which Obama will lay out in an afternoon speech at a high-tech middle school in North Carolina, nearly all of the nation’s students will have [...]
To Bridge ‘Digital Divide,’ Obama Will Expand Internet Access In Rural Schools
President Obama will announce Thursday a program designed to expand high-speed internet connections in rural areas “for 99 percent of students across the country,” reports The Washington Post: Under the initiative, which Obama will lay out in an afternoon speech at a high-tech middle school in North Carolina, nearly all of the nation’s students will have [...]
May 29, 2013
ISTEP+ Test Results Coming In July, Six Weeks Behind Schedule
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.
ISTEP+ Test Results Coming In July, Six Weeks Behind Schedule
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.
May 23, 2013
After Disrupted Exams, Indiana’s Largest District Says It Won’t Accept ISTEP+ Results
After widespread disruptions to the online standardized tests used to evaluate Indiana students, teachers and schools, the state’s largest school district announced Wednesday it “has refused to accept results — good or bad — from this year’s ISTEP+ exam,” reports the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette’s Sarah Janssen: Fort Wayne Community Schools… is calling on lawmakers [...]
After Disrupted Exams, Indiana’s Largest District Says It Won’t Accept ISTEP+ Results
After widespread disruptions to the online standardized tests used to evaluate Indiana students, teachers and schools, the state’s largest school district announced Wednesday it “has refused to accept results — good or bad — from this year’s ISTEP+ exam,” reports the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette’s Sarah Janssen: Fort Wayne Community Schools… is calling on lawmakers [...]
May 13, 2013
Another Online ISTEP+ Problem Temporarily Halts Testing In IPS Schools
Indianapolis Public Schools briefly halted online ISTEP+ testing Monday morning after a new “network issue” disrupted the exams. But an update on the testing company’s website — as of 12:30 Eastern — says the issue “has been resolved,” and IPS administrators have given the go-ahead for schools to resume testing, district spokesperson John Althardt tells StateImpact.
Another Online ISTEP+ Problem Temporarily Halts Testing In IPS Schools
Indianapolis Public Schools briefly halted online ISTEP+ testing Monday morning after a new “network issue” disrupted the exams. But an update on the testing company’s website — as of 12:30 Eastern — says the issue “has been resolved,” and IPS administrators have given the go-ahead for schools to resume testing, district spokesperson John Althardt tells StateImpact.
May 2, 2013
Duncan: We Should Keep Online Testing, But We Should Learn From ISTEP+ Failures
States will have to learn from the problems Indiana students faced Monday and Tuesday as online testing rollout continues, Duncan said.
Duncan: We Should Keep Online Testing, But We Should Learn From ISTEP+ Failures
States will have to learn from the problems Indiana students faced Monday and Tuesday as online testing rollout continues, Duncan said.
We Have Indiana’s Contract With The Company That Provides ISTEP+ Online
What does the contract say about penalties the state can impose if it has problems with the testing services CTB provides?
May 1, 2013
What Went Wrong With Indiana’s Online ISTEP+ Tests — And When
Two separate server issues caused this week’s failures with Indiana’s online tests.
What Went Wrong With Indiana’s Online ISTEP+ Tests — And When
Two separate server issues caused this week’s failures with Indiana’s online tests.