§ 15.1-21-17.1 — Interim assessment - State-provided or state-approved list

North Dakota § 15.1-21-17.1

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 15.1: Elementary and Secondary Education
• Ch. 15.1-21: Curriculum and Testing

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1. Each public school district shall administer annually to students in grades kindergarten
through ten at least two assessments in mathematics and reading. In administering the
assessment, a public school district shall use:
a. The state-provided interim assessment; or
b. An interim assessment from a state-approved list created and maintained by the
superintendent of public instruction.
2. The superintendent of public instruction shall contract with an interim assessment
vendor to create a state-provided interim assessment and distribute the assessment to
each public school district, at no charge to the districts, for the grade levels and
subjects provided in subsection 1.
3. If a district chooses to use an assessment from the state-approved list, the district is
responsible for any assessment-related costs.
4. To qualify as a state-provided or state-approved vendor of interim assessments, a
vendor must share the assessment data electronically with the statewide longitudinal
data system for the purposes of statewide aggregated data results. Individual district
level data may be shared at the discretion of the local district.
5. The superintendent shall adopt rules to develop the selection and approval criteria for
a state-approved interim assessment vendor.