Indiana § 20-32-5.1-6 Duties of state board; department

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-32-5.1-6 — Duties of state board; department

Indiana § 20-32-5.1-6

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 32STUDENT STANDARDS, ASSESSMENTS, AND

Ch. 5.1Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness

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Ind. Code § 20-32-5.1-6 (2026).

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(a)The state board shall:

(1)authorize and oversee the department's development and implementation of the Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN) program, including:

(A)establishment of criteria for requests for proposals for statewide assessments developed or authorized under this chapter;

(B)establishment of criteria for membership of evaluation teams; and

(C)establishment of criteria for content and format of the statewide assessment; and

(2)require the department to conduct ongoing analysis of whether the statewide assessment program's results are predictive of success in college and career training programs.

(b)The passing scores on a statewide summative assessment must be determined by statistically valid and reliable methods as determined by indepe

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(a) The state board shall:
(1) authorize and oversee the department's development and
implementation of the Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment
Readiness Network (ILEARN) program, including:
(A) establishment of criteria for requests for proposals for
statewide assessments developed or authorized under this
chapter;
(B) establishment of criteria for membership of evaluation
teams; and
(C) establishment of criteria for content and format of the
statewide assessment; and
(2) require the department to conduct ongoing analysis of whether
the statewide assessment program's results are predictive of
success in college and career training programs.
(b) The passing scores on a statewide summative assessment must
be determined by statistically valid and reliable methods as determined
by independent experts selected by the state board.
(c) The state board, in consultation with The Arc of Indiana and
Indiana Council of Administrators of Special Education (ICASE), shall
select one (1) or more individuals who specialize in special education
who shall, in turn, be consulted with by the state board as part of the
state board's oversight of the development and implementation of the
Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network
(ILEARN) program.
(d) The secretary of education, with the approval of the state board,
is responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of
the Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network
(ILEARN) program.
(e) The department shall prepare detailed design specifications for
the statewide assessment program developed under this chapter that
must do the following:
(1) Take into account the academic standards adopted under IC 20-31-3.
(2) Include testing of students' higher level cognitive thinking in
each subject area tested.
(f) A statewide summative assessment described in section 7 of this
chapter may be in a form that allows the department and the state
board, to the extent possible, to compare the proficiency of Indiana
students to the proficiency of students in other states. A statewide
summative assessment may consist of original test items for Indiana's
exclusive use if the state board determines that:
(1) developing original test items for Indiana's exclusive use will
result in cost savings; or
(2) it would be impractical to develop a statewide summative
assessment adequately aligned to Indiana's academic standards
without including original test items developed for Indiana's
exclusive use.
(g) The state board shall establish a method for virtual
administration of the statewide summative assessment described in
section 7 of this chapter.