New Mexico and Amira Learning

Required Testing Windows 2025-2026
BOY: August or September*
MOY: December or January*
EOY: April or May*
*LEAs are encouraged to assess all students in the same month.

NMPED Assessment Information

NMPED Amira ISIP Assessment Coordinator:  Mireya Gonzalez
Mireya.Gonzalez@ped.nm.gov

NMPED Assessment Bureau Resources

Access the 24-25 Memo for SY Statewide Assessment Schedule and Program Information

The Amira ISIP (Indicator of Student Progress) assessment is an adaptive, computer-based reading diagnostic. It is seamlessly integrated into Amira’s platform to evaluate a student's reading skills in areas like phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency. The assessment adapts in real time to each student’s performance, adjusting question difficulty to pinpoint their instructional level.

After the Amira ISIP assessment, uses the data to personalize tutoring sessions. The results help teachers identify student strengths and gaps, guiding data-driven instruction and intervention planning.

Access more information (login required):

ISIP Assessments (includes testing guide)

ISIP Modeling Videos

Performance Scales

Grade-Level Appropriate Interface

Learners can choose from a variety of new home screen options to get started. They are involved in the learning process from start to finish!

Progress Tracking

The results screen empowers students to own their data and helps them track their progress across time.

Family engagement can enhance student success in the classroom. Helping families understand Istation’s Indicators of Progress (ISIP) and encouraging them to talk with their child about strengths or areas for growth support a growth mindset and student success.

What is ISIP?

Istation’s Indicators of Progress (ISIP) is an online assessment that will help teachers determine your child’s strengths and areas for growth, personalize their learning, and monitor their progress throughout the school year. ISIP allows teachers to meet your child where they are and provides data to inform instruction.

ISIP is a computer-adaptive assessment that adjusts questions based on student responses. The purpose is not to give your child a score or grade but to determine how to best support their learning.

Students have different areas of strengths and opportunities for growth, and it is important to for the teacher to understand how your child performs in specific learning areas, or skills/domains. This helps teachers know which skills to build and where to focus their support.

ISIP Family Letters 

ISIP™ Parent Letter (English) 

ISIP™ Parent Letter (Spanish)

ISIP Subtest Definitions

ISIP™ Skills & Domains for Families (English)

ISIP™ Skills & Domains for Families (Spanish)

Student Summary Handout Guides

ISIP Reading Student Summary Handout (English) 

ISIP Lectura Student Summary Handout (Spanish) 

ISIP Math Student Summary Handout (English) 

ISIP Math Student Summary Handout (Spanish) 

If you have any additional questions about Istation, please visit our Help Center.

If you have additional questions specific to Istation in New Mexico, please visit the NMPED Assessment site.

View the NMPED Istation Fact Sheet here.

Students using Windows, macOS, and ChromeOS devices with the Chrome browser will be able to access Istation through the browser. Students on iPads will need to download the Istation app. 

For more information, please visit the Istation Help Center.

For information on Data Integration such as with Clever, ClassLink, OneRoster and others, visit Istation's Data Integration page for details.

Importing Managers, Teachers, Student Rosters and Demographics (login required)

If you have any additional questions about Istation, please visit our Help Center.

If you have additional questions specific to Istation in New Mexico, please visit the NMPED Assessment site.

Istation’s Indicators of Progress (ISIP) is an online assessment that will help teachers determine your child’s strengths and areas for growth, personalize their learning, and monitor their progress throughout the school year. ISIP allows teachers to meet your child where they are and provides data to inform instruction.

ISIP is a computer-adaptive assessment that adjusts questions based on student responses. The purpose is not to give your child a score or grade but to determine how to best support their learning.

Students have different areas of strengths and opportunities for growth, and it is important to for the teacher to understand how your child performs in specific learning areas, or skills/domains. This helps teachers know which skills to build and where to focus their support.

ISIP Subtest Definitions:

ISIP™ Skills & Domains for Families (English)

ISIP™ Skills & Domains for Families (Spanish)

Students will dive into a highly personalized learning experience with Istation! Designed to give students ownership over their learning, Istation’s student experience provides excitement, engagement, and growth opportunities to all students.

Istation Data

The ISIP assessment will provide results that help the teacher identify your child’s strengths and determine the next steps for instruction. Your child’s teacher will be sharing these results with you throughout the year and providing a learning experience that will engage your child while teaching essential skills and concepts.

The teacher will share a report with you called the Student Summary Handout. The report will summarize your child’s ISIP results and help you monitor their progress throughout the year.

Understanding Istation's Data

Istation reports allow you to watch your child’s progress by summarizing his or her growth throughout the school year.

Ability Index/Score - Ability scores show how your child performed on the ISIP™ assessment. Like measuring a child’s height with a ruler, the ability score measures a student’s growth over time. As your child’s ability improves, the ability score increases in number.

Percentile Rank - identifies the child's results as compared to other students around the nation who took the assessment within the same month.

Levels

Level 1: At or below the 20th percentile rank
Level 2: At or below the 40th percentile rank
Level 3: At or below the 60th percentile rank
Level 4: At or below the 80th percentile rank
Level 5: Above the 80th percentile rank

Understanding the Student Summary Handout

The Student Summary Handout provides student data on the most recent ISIP Assessment as well as growth graphs for each ISIP Subtest.

English Student Summary Handout Guides

• ISIP Reading Student Summary Handout (English)
• ISIP Math Student Summary Handout (English)

Spanish Student Summary Handout Guides

• ISIP Lectura Student Summary Handout (Spanish)
• ISIP Math Student Summary Handout (Spanish)

At-Home Learning Parent Playbook: Istation has rallied our team of professional development experts — all former educators themselves — to give you the best research-based, easy-to-use teaching tips. This playbook features high-level teaching tips to empower parents and guardians in their at-home learning efforts.

• At-Home Learning Parent Playbook
• Manual de aprendizaje a distancia para padres

Family Fun Activity Board! Print these fun activity boards for a quick reference for fun and educational activities to engage in as a family!

• At Home Reading Activity Board (English) 
• At Home Reading Activity Board (Spanish)
• At Home Math Activity Board (English)
• At Home Math Activity Board (Spanish)