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Disparate Indiana pols agree ISTEP answers needed
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's top Statehouse leaders all agree they'd like some answers from CTB/McGraw-Hill on the ISTEP+ failures, and they could get some as soon as the end of the week. A legislative panel studying why 78,000 test-takers were...Tags: McGraw-Hill Incorporated
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Outside reviewer picked to study ISTEP troubles
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An outside group is reviewing Indiana's ISTEP+ troubles after computer problems disrupted test-taking for thousands of students last month, Indiana schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz said Monday. The National Center for...
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RITZ: ISTEP delay won't affect summer school
WSBT-TVLAPORTE – Schools are expected to get their ISTEP results sometime in July, much later than normal because of computer problems. But there is some good news. The Indiana superintendent of public instruction, Glenda Ritz, says the delay in scores...Tags: Human Interest, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Education, Students
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ISTEP troubles show test too big to fail
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The failure of Indiana's online standardized test last week showed that the ISTEP+ exam is too big to fail, on many levels. Beyond the obvious and critical role it plays in determining how children advance in school, the test...Tags: McGraw-Hill Incorporated, Teaching and Learning, Breach of Contract, Teachers, Corporate Crime
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Ritz considers 3rd party review of ISTEP+ scores
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A third party may need to be brought in to review ISTEP+ testing scores because the public, teachers and others are questioning whether the results can be valid after a problem-plagued week for the standardized tests, State...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Students
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DOE: No problems reported in ISTEP testing
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana Department of Education spokesman says the agency hasn't received any reports of problems by schools administering a required standardized test after computer troubles caused testing to be halted earlier this week... -
Computer glitches derail school tests in 3 states
TOM LoBIANCO,Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — School districts across several states are rescheduling high-stakes tests that judge student proficiency and even determine teachers' pay because of technical problems involving the test administrators' computer systems....Tags: McGraw-Hill Incorporated, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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Ind. resumes ISTEP testing after 2 days of delays
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana students have resumed taking required standardized tests following two days of computer glitches that temporarily halted testing. The Indiana Department of Education said in a statement that administration of the ISTEP+... -
Teacher accused of cheating on ISTEP sues district
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A former Fort Wayne teacher who contends she was forced into early retirement after being accused of providing answers to Indiana's standardized tests is suing the school district, saying she was defamed. The lawsuit...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Trials, Litigation, Newspaper and Magazine
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60 percent of Ind. schools get A or B grades
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — About 60 percent of Indiana public and private schools earned A's or B's for student progress during the 2011-2012 school year, while about 150 schools received failing grades that could eventually position them for state...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, U.S. Department of Education, Students, Tony Bennett
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Ind. board set to approve statewide school grades
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Public schools around Indiana will soon learn their new grades under the state's A-F system. The State Board of Education is scheduled to approve grades for the more than 2,000 public schools across the state on Wednesday....
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Ind. to post school grades some call too complex
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Public schools around Indiana will learn their final grades next week under a ranking system using new rules that critics say are too complex for schools and parents to understand. The State Board of Education is scheduled to...
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