When are students tested? 1
3rd grade
6th grade
8th grade
10th grade
What subjects are tested? 1
Language Arts
Mathematics
What types of questions are used? 1
Multiple choice
Short written response
Extended written response
How are test results used? 1
Student diagnosis
Identification of students at risk
Curriculum planning
Improvement of instruction
Professional development
Program evaluation
School accreditation
School performance reporting
School monetary awards
School awards or recognition
What tests are used? 1
Indiana State-wide Testing for Educational Progress
Are students with disabilities exempt?
2, 3
Exemptions given as determined by IEP team.
What accommodations are available so
that students with disabilities can participate? 2
List of accommodations approved by the state Department of Education.
How are scores of students with disabilities
reported? 2
School, district, and statewide reports combine ("aggregate") scores
of students with and without disabilities.
Footnotes:
1 Source: PEER Project Survey to expand and update information from Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs: Data on 1995-96 Statewide Student Assessment Programs. (Fall 1996). Council of Chief State School Officers.
2 Source: PEER Project review of state policy documents. Documents provided by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). Information confirmed and updated by the PEER Project through direct communication with state officials.
3 NOTE: The IDEA Amendments of 1997 require that all students be included in statewide assessments.
Indiana Department of Education
Division of Special Education
100 North Capitol Street, State House, Room 229
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798
317-232-0564
317-232-0589 Fax
web.indstate.edu/soe/iseas/dsestaff.html
Contact: Bob Marra, Director, Division of Special Education
Rick Peters, State Assessment Director
Access e-mail addresses through web page.
Indiana Parent Center on Disability
IN*SOURCE
809 N. Michigan St.
South Bend, IN 46601-1036
219-234-7101
1-800-332-4433 in IN
219-234-7279 Fax
insource@inspeced.ccmail.compuserve.com
home1.gte.net/insource
Contact: Richard Burden