“Assessment in Indiana:
Past, Present and Future” Workshops Information

These workshops will focus on the details of the new assessment system, item development, and the relationship between classroom instruction and assessment. Four breakout sessions will focus on content areas: elementary mathematics, secondary, mathematics, elementary English/language arts, and secondary English/language arts. A fifth breakout session will focus on concerns and updated information regarding the new assessments including social studies, science, and the new GQE requirement.

Due to space limitations, the initial sign-up is limited to a team of five (5) individuals from each school corporation. Each member of the team must be registered for a different breakout session. Participants could include teachers, administrators, curriculum coordinators, or department chairs. One week from the workshop date, any spaces not filled will be made available for corporations to register additional participants.

NOTE: In order to access the Workshop Registration Page, you will need to use your Corporation Number or School Number (for nonpublic schools) as a Username, and your Corporation PIN or School PIN (for nonpublic schools) as a Password.

Workshops will be presented in 12 Indiana locations.

If you have questions, please contact Colin Riessen by calling 317-234-5595 or via email criessen@doe.in.gov We look forward to seeing you at one of our workshops!

Please click on the link below to reserve your corporation’s seats:
• Public
• Nonpublic

Workshop Locations

Click here to access presentations from the “Assessment in Indiana: Past, Present and Future” Workshops.

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Indiana's Statewide Assessment System Questions-and-Answers

	Indiana's Graduation Qualifying Exam
	What you need to know about the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress-Plus (ISTEP+)
	ISTEP+ Program Manual 2007-08 Additional word-to-word bilingual dictionaries approved for use on ISTEP+ and GQE
	Learn About ISTEP+ with these publications ISTEP+ Poster for Grades 3-10 Indiana Educator Newsletter Display of Reference Materials English/Language Arts Rubrics Brochure: What You Need to Know about Indiana's Graduation Qualifying Exam Important Information on Grades 7, 8, 9 and New GQE Math Disposal and Return of ISTEP+ Testing Materials Following Administration Important ISTEP+ Documents 2007-08 ISTEP+/Core 40 Test Coordinators

Records Retention

Please remember the following guidelines for Records Retention. The following records should be retained permanently: Testing results records at the Corporation level, Essential Skills Summary, Achievement Performance Report, Evaluation Summary (district, school, grade level).

Testing Results Records, classroom and building - ISTEP, CAT, SAT, ACT, EPSF should be retained for five years then destroyed.

Testing Results Records, individual student - ISTEP, CAT, SAT, ACT, EPSF should be retained for five years then destroyed confidentially.