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.

Schools and parents received individual student ISTEP scores back in August, but they were embargoed.

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 state accuses CTB, now Data Recognition Corporation, of not living up to contractual duties after the company substantially delayed releasing 2015 ISTEP+ scores.

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.

The panel met for the second time Tuesday. It has six more meetings before the December deadline to submit its redesign plan.

The committee created by lawmakers to rewrite Indiana's standardized assessment, the ISTEP, met for the first time Tuesday. No decisions were made, yet it became clear to the educators, policymakers and lawmakers gathered that a vast amount of work lies ahead before their deadline just six months away.

The panel is tasked with re-writing the state assessment, and will meet for the first time May 24.