§ 20-31-8-4 — Placement of school in category or designation of school performance

Indiana § 20-31-8-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 31: ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PERFORMANCE AND
• Ch. 8: Assessing Improvement

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(a) The state board shall place each school in
a category or designation of school performance once annually based
on the methodology developed under section 11 of this chapter.
(b) The state board may place a school in a category or designation
of school performance only if:
(1) the department has provided each school the opportunity to
review, add to, or supplement the data, and to correct any errors
in the data; and
(2) the state board's staff has had an opportunity to review and
analyze the school corporation, school, and student level data.
(c) Based on procedures adopted by the state board, a school
corporation or school that focuses primarily on providing an academic
program for students with developmental, intellectual, or behavioral
challenges may petition the state board for review of the school
corporation's or school's category or designation of school performance
placement based on objective factors that the school corporation or
school considers relevant because the annual assessment data does not
accurately reflect, as applicable, school performance, growth, or
multiple measures. Objective factors include:
(1) significant demographic changes in the student population;
(2) errors in data; or
(3) other significant issues.
After considering the petition for review, the state board may direct the
department to revise the category or designation assigned to the school
corporation or school, including assigning a "null" or "no letter grade"
category or designation to the school corporation or school. The state
board may grant the "null" designation for multiple years.
(d) The state board may obtain assistance from another entity or,
with the approval of the legislative council, the legislative services
agency, to ensure the validity and reliability of the performance
category or designation placements calculated by the department using
the methodology developed under section 11 of this chapter. The
department shall provide all the data necessary to complete those
calculations to the legislative services agency or to an entity designated
by the state board.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-5-4.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.286-2013, SEC.104; P.L.213-2015, SEC.197; P.L.287-2019, SEC.8; P.L.231-2025, SEC.4.