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State leaders moving forward with plan to get rid of ISTEP

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – State leaders are moving forward with a plan to get rid of ISTEP.

State Superintendent Glenda Ritz and Senate President David Long have appointed members of a special review panel.

The team includes two teachers, two superintendents, two principals, one business leader and a member of the Indiana State Teachers Association.

The group will look into alternatives to ISTEP.

The exam will end by July of next year, under a bill passed earlier this year by the state legislature.