The Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) measures individual student achievement relative to the Illinois Learning Standards. The results give parents, teachers, and schools one measure of student learning and school performance.

Interactive ISAT Multiple-Choice Sample Questions

Translated Directions and Word-to-Word Glossaries for ISAT

2008 ISAT Manuals

• 2008 ISAT District & School Coordination Manual (Posted 1/24/08)
• 2008 ISAT Test Administration Manual (Grades 3-5) (Posted 1/24/08)
• 2008 ISAT Test Administration Manual (Grades 6-8) (Posted 1/24/08)
• 2008 ISAT District & School Coordination Manual for Writing (Grades 5, 6, and 8) (Posted 1/30/08)
• 2008 ISAT Test Administrator Manual for Writing (Grades 5, 6, and 8) (Posted 1/30/08)

Professional Testing Practices for Educators ISAT Spring 2008 (Posted 1/9/08)

2008 Assessment Network Training Information

2008 Assessment Network Training PowerPoint

2008 Assessment Network User Guide

2008 Test Dates

• March 3-14, 2008 (Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8)
  (Posted November 14, 2006)
  2008 ISAT Testing Schedule (Posted November 16, 2007)
• Modification of Testing Dates form
• 2008 ISAT Materials: Delivery and Pick-up Schedule

2008 ISAT Reading Presentation (PDF) (PPT)
(Posted November 8, 2007)

• The ISAT reports provide a Lexile® measure for reading. To find out more about Lexile scores, go to www.Lexile.com.
  
  
• Illinois Lexile Framework for Reading

2008 ISAT Mathematics Presentation (PDF) (PPT)
(Posted November 8, 2007)

2008 ISAT Writing Presentation (PDF) (PPT)
(Posted November 8, 2007)

2009 Test Dates

• March 2-13, 2009 (Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8)
  (Posted July 25, 2007)

2010 Test Dates

• March 1-12, 2010 (Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8)
  (Posted July 25, 2007)

Results

• 2004 Aggregate Results
• 2003 ISAT Statewide Results
  • ISBE Press Release: 5-Year ISAT Test Data Show Mixed Results 
• 2002 ISAT Statewide Results
  • Performance Levels and Achievement Gaps for All Subjects and Grades
  • ISAT Trends for All Subjects and Grades
  • ISBE Press Release: Mathematics achievement continues upward trend, most scores stable on 2002 Illinois Standards Achievement Tests and Prairie State Achievement Examination
• 2001 ISAT Statewide Results
  • ISBE Press Release: Year-3 ISAT scores up; achievement gap continues 
• 1999 and 2000 ISAT Statewide Results

Guides to the Illinois State Assessment

• 2007 (Writing Posted 10/12/07)
• 2007 (Reading, Mathematics, and Science-Updated 9/25/07)
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000 (Reading, Writing, and Mathematics)
• 2000 (Science and Social Science)
• 1999

General Information

• ISAT Alignment Study
  • Math
  • Reading
  • Science
• Independent Assessment of the Technical Characteristics of the ISAT
• Illinois State Assessment Technical Manuals
  • 2006 (zipped file)
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • 2000
  • 1999
• ISAT Performance Definitions
• ISAT Scale Score Cut Points
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
• 2006 Vertical Scale
• 2006 ISAT Bridge Study
• Linking the 2005 and 2006 ISAT Scale Scores
  

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