Dear Educators:
ISTEP+ Part 1 closes today. Over 200,000 test sessions were administered online successfully during the window. Planning for Part 2 is underway with materials arriving soon. Part 2 examiners' manuals are consolidated for all grades and content areas within a single manual from a decision made by the prior administration. These manuals are very large, just under 600 pages, and contain the scripts for administering both online and paper/pencil versions of all grades and content areas of ISTEP+ Part 2. We were unable to reverse this decision to break the manual into smaller components this year due to time and shipping constraints. We commit to address this concern and provide smaller, more manageable examiner's manuals for the 2017-18 assessments.
We have updated the locations of our ESSA outreach meetings. Please share this information with your staff, faculty, parents, and school board members. We ask all attendees to RSVP so we can be adequately prepared.
Thank you for your hard work; you are appreciated!
Sincerely, Dr. Jennifer McCormick State Superintendent of Public Instruction Indiana Department of Education
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