ISTEP testing begins for students across the state on Monday -- in what could be the last year for the controversial exam.
Lawmakers, educators and the teachers' unions say the credibility of ISTEP was damaged in 2015 when students performed poorly on a revamped version of the test, plagued by glitches. Lawmakers are looking to replace the exam by 2017. A measure advancing in the legislature would create a committee tasked with studying what should come next.
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Despite the debate surrounding ISTEP -- students still have to take the standardized test Monday.
Teachers geared up for the exam at Beech Grove's South Grove Intermediate School -- painting words of encouragement on the windows and on the sidewalk.
It's an effort to give kids a little momentum before the exam.
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