§ 20-32-5.1-7 — Statewide assessment program; applicable subjects, grades, and formation; administration; subject matter; use of technology

Indiana § 20-32-5.1-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 32: STUDENT STANDARDS, ASSESSMENTS, AND
• Ch. 5.1: Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this
section and in the manner provided in section 6 of this chapter, the
state board is responsible for determining the appropriate subjects,
grades, and format of the statewide assessment program.
(b) For each school year beginning after June 30, 2018, and except
as provided in section 11 of this chapter, the statewide assessment
program must be administered to all full-time students attending a
school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school,
or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) in grades subject to the
statewide summative assessment required by federal law and in a
manner prescribed by the state board.
(c) Subject matter tested on by the statewide assessment program as
determined by the state board under subsection (a) must, at a minimum,
do the following:
(1) Comply with requirements established under federal law with:
(A) math and English/language arts assessed yearly in grades
3 through 8, and at least once in grades 9 through 12; and
(B) science assessed at least once in grades 3 through 5, grades
6 through 9, and grades 10 through 12.
(2) Require that United States history or United States
government be assessed at least once in grades 5 or 8.
(d) Except as provided under subsection (e), for each school year
beginning after June 30, 2021, a nationally recognized college entrance
exam must be administered for the high school subjects required under
subsection (c). The proficiency benchmark must be approved by the
commission for higher education, in consultation with the state
educational institutions, and may not be lower than the national college
ready benchmark established for that particular exam.
(e) If the state board determines that no nationally recognized
college entrance exam assesses a given high school subject that is
required under subsection (c), the state board may select another type
of assessment, including an end of course assessment, for that subject.
(f) The statewide assessment program:
(1) may not use technology that may negatively influence the
ability to measure a student's mastery of material or a particular
academic standard being tested; and
(2) may use a technology enhanced test question only when the
technology enhanced test question is the best way to measure the
academic standard being tested.
(g) A statewide summative assessment, other than an assessment
administered under subsection (d), must use a scale score that will
ensure the statewide summative assessment scores are comparable to
scale scores used as part of the ISTEP program under IC 20-32-5,
before its expiration.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.242-2017, SEC.41. Amended by P.L.192-2018, SEC.37; P.L.11-2023, SEC.67; P.L.150-2024, SEC.47.