The General Assembly voted to eliminate the current ISTEP+ by 2018, after parents, teachers and legislators voiced overwhelming dissatisfaction with the test.

The 23-person panel comprised of educators, parents, legislators and other stakeholders will submit their plan to the legislature as a recommendation.

The group decided on a two-fold recommendation including broad ideas for writing a new assessment system, and details on how to achieve those ideas.

The pushback comes as top panel members have said Indiana will likely delay any changes until after spring 2018,

The plan is just one design the ISTEP committee could consider sugesting to the 2017 General Assembly next legislative session.

The ISTEP panel that is developing a legislative recommendation for how to replace the state’s testing system heard from a slew of national testing experts Tuesday, who make the most specific suggestions to date.

After one of the last meetings of the ISTEP+ panel, it seems unlikely the group of educators and policy makers will draft a plan for a new state assessment.

The 23-member committee met Tuesday for its fourth session as it faces a December deadline for suggestions to be considered during next year's legislative session.

The General Assembly created the panel to get recommendations for the ISTEP+ overhaul before the 2017 session. That comprehensive list must be completed by December 2016.

Most of the legislation passed by the General Assembly last session goes into affect July 1. Here is a list of this year’s new laws.