Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has signed a bill allowing steps that will reduce the time needed for students to take Indiana’s standardized test this year.
Pence’s action on Monday came just hours after the state House and Senate both unanimously approved the proposal.
The bill allows some steps that state schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz proposed to shave at least three hours from the revamped ISTEP+ exam. The revamped test previously was to have taken students about 12 hours.
Pence says students, teachers and parents can breathe easier with the test being significantly shortened.
The time-saving steps including waiving the state law requiring the state Department of Education to release non-multiple choice or true/false questions for parents to review. That will reduce the number of required pilot questions.