Students in the State of Iowa will be serving as pioneers for a new state-issued standardized exam.
Students will be taking the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress this spring, replacing the Iowa Assessments as the state’s new accountability test. Curriculum Leader Kristan Hunter gave a presentation about the assessment at the recent Mid-Prairie School Board meeting. In her presentation, she discussed that the test would remain mostly multiple choice, with an increase of short answer questions.
According to Hunter, one of the biggest differences between the ISASP and the Iowa Assessments is the time limit given to students, “There is no hard stop on the administration of these assessments. Before, there would have been a guideline on time, 60 minutes per math, those kinds of things. They have recommended administration times, but now you need to give students the time they need to finish.”
Grades 3-11 will be tested in math and language arts, and grades five, eight, and 10 will be tested on science. The testing window is from March 27th through April 19th for high school students, and April 3rd through 26th for elementary and junior high students.