1. Family Toolkit for the 2015 ISTEP+

2. Help families understand what it means to be college and career ready and why it matters.
Introduce families to the new ISTEP+ College and Career Readiness Assessment.
Help families understand how to help their children prepare for the new ISTEP+ College and Career Readiness Assessment at home.
Provide families with tools and resources to help their children at home.
Goals and Objectives

3. What does it mean to be College Ready?
College readiness means that graduates have the skills they need to do well in college.
College doesn’t just mean a four-year degree. It can mean any program that leads to a degree or certificate.
Being ready means that students graduate from high school with key skills in English and mathematics.
What does it mean to be College Ready?

4. What does it mean to be Career Ready?
Career readiness means that high school graduates are qualified for and able to do well in long-term careers
Career doesn’t just mean a job. It means a profession that lets graduates succeed at a job they enjoy and earn a competitive wage.
What does it mean to be Career Ready?

5. What does the new test look like?

6. Highlighter - allows students to single out important facts
Technology Tools

7. Eraser - a simple click of the eraser removes the highlight
Technology Tools

8. Blocking Ruler - helps students read one line of text at a time.
Technology Tools

9. Variety of Questions The questions will take more time to answer.
Students will be required to:
Respond to more than one part
Provide more than one answer
Select items and put them in order
Select answers in context
Graph lines or plot points
Variety of Questions

10. Drop Down List - allows students to choose the best answer
Variety of Questions

11. Multiple Correct Answers - students will select more than one correct answer
Variety of Questions

12. Two Part Questions - students are required to answer more than one part
Variety of Questions

13. Text Based Response - students read a passage and write a response
Variety of Questions

14. Drag and Drop - selecting and arranging content
Variety of Questions

15. Select Text - highlighting required information
Variety of Questions

16. Matching - selecting answers from a table format
Variety of Questions

17. Equations and Expressions - students create their own answer
Variety of Questions

18. Graph Line - students graph lines and plot points
Variety of Questions

19. Practice Online

20. User Guide & Answer Keys
User Guide & Answer Keys

21. What can families do to help?

22. Help us to prepare your child
AT HOME
Make sure your child gets plenty of rest.
Make sure your child has a healthy breakfast.
Make sure your child gets plenty of exercise.
Read with your child
Check RDS Parent Access
Review and discuss homework
Communicate with teachers
Attend meetings to learn more
Learn about the standards
Look through your child’s backpack each day
Help us to prepare your child

23. Help us to prepare your child
Check Grades
Attendance
Homework Assignments
Teachers
Get easy access from the EVSC homepage at
Help us to prepare your child

24. Ways EVSC is preparing your child
AT SCHOOL
your examples
of what
your school
is doing
to help
students
for this year's
testing
more information
about what
you are doing
to help
students
be prepared
for the 2015
istep
testing
Ways EVSC is preparing your child

25. Questions

26. MORE INFORMATION PARENTS PORTAL www.doe.in.gov/idoe/parent-portal
ISTEP INFORMATION
EXPERIENCE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENT
RDS Parent Access
PARENT GUIDES