By Travis Thayer (Indianapolis, Ind.) – Indiana lawmakers are ready to ditch a plan to re-score the messy 2015 ISTEP test. Last year, a scoring glitch was one of several technological issues with the state’s standardized test that was given to nearly 500,000 3rd through 8th graders statewide. Under House Bill 1395, lawmakers originally wanted to require the state to re-score the tests, but then made it optional and left the decision up to the Indiana State Board of Education. Now, some lawmakers believe the plan is dead because a re-score would be too expensive, Indiana will likely get a new test, and the results of last year’s test are too tainted to be reclaimed. The Indiana Department of Education estimates a re-score could cost around $10 million. Although the re-score has been removed from HB 1395, the bill would repeal the ISTEP program beginning in 2017, and would establish a panel to study alternatives to the ISTEP tests and make recommendations to replace the ISTEP program. Lawmakers have also suspended the 2015 ISTEP’s influence on teacher pay and A-F school accountability grades. House Bill 1395, or what’s left of it, could go to a final vote in the Senate as early as Tuesday. RELATED STORIES: Panel Determines ISTEP+ Results Not Impacted By Scoring Error Letter: Ripley Co. Superintendents Share ISTEP Concerns Dearborn, Ohio Co. Superintendents Admonish State’s Handling Of ISTEP Indiana ISTEP Results Released, But Officials Warn Not To Compare Them Indy Star: Computer Error May Be Latest ISTEP Problem ISTEP Debacle Puts Educators In A Pinch
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