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Transitioning Standards & Assessments. States must adopt college- and career-ready (CCR) standards Indiana State Board of Education required to adopt standards by July 1, 2014 Working toward adoption of new CCR standards in April
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Transitioning Standards & Assessments • States must adopt college- and career-ready (CCR) standards • Indiana State Board of Education required to adopt standards by July 1, 2014 • Working toward adoption of new CCR standardsin April • States must administer assessments based on CCR standards by the spring of 2015 • IDOE responsibility to provide students and educators with access to assessments that: • Measure CCR standards • Include technology-enhanced (TE) items
IMAST and ISTAR • IMAST – last administration Spring 2014 • No replacement – no longer permitted • ISTAR – last administration Spring 2014 • Does not satisfy CCR requirements • Will be replaced by new alternate assessment • NCSC – National Center and State Collaborative • Piloting alternate assessment to replace ISTAR • Based on college- and career-readiness standards • Indiana educators involved in development • Student response/interactive – not teacher rating • Designed to be accessible for all students • 198 Indiana schools taking part in Spring pilot