Updated IDOE Testing Plan Cuts Original Estimate In Half

State Superintendent Glenda Ritz continued the conversation about testing costs Thursday, presenting an updated version of her Department of Education’s budget estimates to the Senate Appropriations committee. Ritz’s plan provides a different outlook for Indiana’s slate of standardized tests than was released by her State Board of Education colleague Sarah O’Brien just one day earlier – one that, by IDOE calculations, would cost about $12 million less than O’Brien’s proposal.

Ritz also told committee chair Sen. Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, that she welcomes conversation about switching the ISTEP+ out for a national “off-the-shelf” test in the future.

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• Source: Chalkbeat Indiana
• Via: Chalkbeat Indiana

Indiana might not be able to completely avoid more expensive state ISTEP tests in the future, but a revised plan today from state Superintendent Glenda Ritz would save big money for now, cutting the cost by almost half from the two-year $134 million estimate she presented in December.

Read more at: in.chalkbeat.org