Parents of 3^rd through 8^th graders and Penn sophomores, the Indiana Department of Education has released the testing windows for ISTEP and IREAD for the 2015-2016 school year. ISTEP will begin in late February and IREAD in mid-March. New this year, 10^th graders will also be required to take ISTEP. Part 1 of ISTEP will be done with paper/pencil and Part 2 will be done online.

Indiana Statewide Testing of Educational Progress Plus (ISTEP+ ) Grades 3-8, and 10*
ISTEP+ Part 1 – Paper/pencil (Applied Skills)	Window Begins February 29, 2016	Window Ends March 11, 2016

ISTEP+ Part 2 – Online (Multiple-Choice & Technology-Enhanced Items)

April 18, 2016

May 6, 2016

  *New this year, high school sophomores will be required to take ISTEP

Indiana Reading And Evaluation Determination-3 (IREAD-3) Grade 3
IREAD-3	March 14, 2016	March 18, 2016

For more information on the state assessment testing windows, please visit the Indiana Department of Education website, www.doe.in.gov/assessment.

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ISTEP+ “Experience”

To help prepare your child for the 2016 ISTEP+, the IDOE has now made ISTEP+ “Experience” available through Pearson, allowing students and parents to experience various technology-enhanced item types that will appear on the ISTEP+ Part 2 assessment as often as they like from home, at school or on mobile devices. “Experience” is presented via the Pearson online platform (TestNav 8) that will be used for ISTEP+ online testing, as well as IREAD-3 online testing. Click here now, to access ISTEP+ “Experience” so your student can get familiar with 2016 ISTEP+ and be better prepared!