IMAST and ISTAR IMAST – last administration Spring 2014 – No replacement – no longer permitted...

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IMAST and ISTAR •IMAST – last administration Spring 2014 – No replacement – no longer permitted •ISTAR – last administration Spring 2014 •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 •WebEx with details expected in next few weeks

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IMAST and ISTAR

• IMAST – last administration Spring 2014– No replacement – no longer permitted

• ISTAR – last administration Spring 2014• 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

• WebEx with details expected in next few weeks

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CoreLink Online

• Grades 3-8– Required for all students taking ISTEP+ Multiple-Choice Online

• Aligned with college- and career-readiness standards

• Provides students experience in interacting with technology-enhanced (TE) items:

• Multiple-correct response• Drag-and-drop• Passage-based two-part items (ELA)• Construct an answer using Math Palette (e.g., equation,

number series)

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CoreLink Online

• Matrix-sampled test– Each student will take only a portion of the CoreLink items

• Practice test window April 7 - May 16, 2014• CoreLink Online test window May 5 - May 16, 2014

• Test results -- Group-level reports will be available in the fall.

• Watch for more information– Recorded WebEx for teachers being developed– WebEx will include sample CoreLink Online items