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ISIP: istation's Indicators of Progress
What is ISIP?
ISIP™, istation’s Indicators of Progress, is an Internet delivered computer adaptive testing system for monthly or more frequent benchmark or progress monitoring assessments authored by Patricia Mathes, Ph.D., Joe Torgesen, Ph.D., and Jeannine Herron, Ph.D.
ISIP assesses all critical areas of reading development including phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, alphabetic decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, spelling and text fluency. ISIP accomplishes this through the administration of student‐friendly, short tests that measure a student’s overall reading ability.
The objective of ISIP is to identify students potentially at risk of reading failure. Ability scores are used from each subtest to determine a student’s overall reading ability score. The student’s overall reading ability score is used as the dividing line to determine students potentially at risk. Students are placed into one of three instructional tiers.
ISIP can be used in place of TPRI and DIBELS.
What does this mean for teachers and administrators?
- istation closes the achievement gap between students.
- istation takes out all human error in assessment processing.
- ISIP gives immediate results and an easy way to predict how a student, class, school, or district will perform on future tests.
- ISIP automatically places students into the correct skill-level in the istation Reading Program to ensure reading intervention success.
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What are the advantages of ISIP?
Computer Adaptive Testing
- Assessments dynamically adjust to a student’s performance level, allowing ability scores to be more accurate.
- ISIP measures growth over time, independent of grade level or age.
- ISIP identifies the needs of all students for each reading domain, from struggling to advanced learners.
- Students are automatically assessed monthly.
- Subtests can be run on demand.
Immediate Access to Student Results
- Data is delivered with visual support to teachers and administrators immediately.
- All human error in test delivery is eliminated.
Small Group Instruction
- ISIP automatically groups students by risk and skill levels.
- Links to teacher-directed supplemental tools for differentiated instruction are provided.
Historical Data for Analysis
- Student history is maintained across assessment periods and grades.
- Intervention history maintained for special education referrals.
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