Truth Summary
The 2016 General Assembly Thursday voted to get rid of the current ISTEP. The bill, on its way to the governor, creates a panel to find a new standardized test to replace it.
The 23-person panel created in the bill is made up of lawmakers and education agency heads who get to appoint a number of teachers, principals and superintendents. This committee will decide how Indiana’s assessment will change, and it will also have the power to address one of the biggest criticisms of the current ISTEP assessment plan: the high stakes.
