<P> The Iowa Assessments ( previously the Iowa Test of Basic Skills and originally Iowa Every Pupil Test of Basic Skills ) also known informally as the Iowa Tests or colloquially as ITBS tests , are standardized tests provided as a service to schools by the College of Education of the University of Iowa . Developers Everett Franklin Lindquist , Harry Greene , Ernest Horn , Maude McBroom , and Herbert Spitzer first designed and administered the tests in 1935 as a tool for improving student instruction . The tests are administered to students in kindergarten through eighth grade as part of the Iowa Statewide Testing Programs , a division of the Iowa Testing Programs ( ITP ) . Over decades , participation expanded and currently nearly all school districts in Iowa participate annually in the program , as do many other school districts across the United States . In a cooperative relationship , participating schools receive ITBS test materials , scoring and reporting services and consultation in the use of ITBS for instructional purposes , and ITP utilizes participation by schools in research and test development . Both the ITBS and Iowa Tests of Educational Development ( ITED ) were revised in the 2011 -- 2012 school year . They were rebranded the Iowa Assessments . In 2016 - 2017 , Iowa Assessments will roll out their new testing program , Next Generation Iowa Assessments . </P>
<P> The Iowa Assessments ( previously the Iowa Test of Basic Skills and originally Iowa Every Pupil Test of Basic Skills ) also known informally as the Iowa Tests or colloquially as ITBS tests , are standardized tests provided as a service to schools by the College of Education of the University of Iowa . Developers Everett Franklin Lindquist , Harry Greene , Ernest Horn , Maude McBroom , and Herbert Spitzer first designed and administered the tests in 1935 as a tool for improving student instruction . The tests are administered to students in kindergarten through eighth grade as part of the Iowa Statewide Testing Programs , a division of the Iowa Testing Programs ( ITP ) . Over decades , participation expanded and currently nearly all school districts in Iowa participate annually in the program , as do many other school districts across the United States . In a cooperative relationship , participating schools receive ITBS test materials , scoring and reporting services and consultation in the use of ITBS for instructional purposes , and ITP utilizes participation by schools in research and test development . Both the ITBS and Iowa Tests of Educational Development ( ITED ) were revised in the 2011 -- 2012 school year . They were rebranded the Iowa Assessments . In 2016 - 2017 , Iowa Assessments will roll out their new testing program , Next Generation Iowa Assessments . </P>
who takes the iowa test of basic skills
who takes the iowa test of basic skills
students in kindergarten through eighth grade
students in kindergarten through eighth grade