Title 20, TITLE 20. EDUCATION

Sec. 1. This chapter applies after June 30, 2018. As added by P.L.242-2017, SEC.41.

administration of statewide assessment by nonpublic schools Sec. 10. (a) The governing body of each school corporation or the equivalent authority for each charter school, eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7), or state accredited nonpublic school is entitled to acquire …

Sec. 11. (a) A student who is a student with a disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8) shall be tested under this chapter with appropriate accommodations as outlined in the student's individualized education program, service plan developed under 511 IAC 7-34, or choice scholarshi…

scoring Sec. 12. (a) The department shall establish policies and procedures that foster, to the extent possible, the scoring of student responses of an open ended writing assessment on a statewide assessment by Indiana teachers. The teacher may not grade student responses of stud…

criteria to provide opportunity to inspect questions Sec. 13. (a) The proficiency of students under a statewide assessment must be reported to the state board not later than: (1) for the 2018-2019 school year, August 15, 2019; and (2) for each school year beginning after June 30,…

conference; notice offering to meet to discuss results; provision of enrichment resources Sec. 14. (a) After a school receives statewide assessment score reports, a teacher who currently teaches a student shall discuss with a parent of the student the student's statewide assessme…

Sec. 14.5. For a contract entered into or renewed after June 30, 2023, with a vendor to conduct the statewide assessment, the department shall include in the contract a requirement that the vendor provide a summary of a student's statewide assessment results that: (1) is in an ea…

scores; high ability students Sec. 15. (a) Each school corporation shall compile the total results of the statewide assessments in a manner that will permit evaluation of learning progress within the school corporation. The school corporation shall make the compilation of test re…

high ability students Sec. 16. (a) The department shall develop a format for the publication by school corporations in an annual performance report required by statute of appropriate academic information required by the department, including statewide assessment scores and inform…

or reimbursement; data share agreement Sec. 17. (a) The state board shall approve two (2) or more benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessments to identify students that require remediation and provide individualized instruction in which a school corporation, charter scho…

Sec. 18. (a) The department, with the approval of the state board, shall develop and implement programs, policies, and procedures necessary to carry out this chapter to: (1) continuously improve teacher, student, parent, and community understanding of assessment results; (2) stra…

Sec. 18.4. Notwithstanding any other law, a student's score on the statewide assessment may not be the primary factor or measure used to determine whether a student is eligible for a particular course or program. As added by P.L.82-2020, SEC.4.

Sec. 18.5. (a) The department shall, to the extent permitted under federal law, provide the same text-to-speech, screen reader, or human reader and calculator accommodations to a student in grades 6 through 12 on every section of the statewide assessment program if that accommoda…

As added by P.L.287-2019, SEC.11. Expired 1-1-2020 by P.L.287-2019, SEC.11.

As added by P.L.82-2020, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.32-2021, SEC.61. Expired 7-1-2022 by P.L.82-2020, SEC.6.

Sec. 19. The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.242-2017, SEC.41.

Sec. 2. The purpose of the Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN) program developed under this chapter is to establish an assessment system that is student centered and provides meaningful and timely information to all stakeholders on both a student's…

(ILEARN) program Sec. 3. The Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN) program consists of: (1) a statewide assessment described in section 7 of this chapter; (2) optional benchmark assessments described in section 17 of this chapter; (3) requirements to…

Sec. 4. To carry out the purposes described in section 2 of this chapter: (1) assessment reporting for assessments developed under this chapter must be: (A) reliable; (B) accurate; (C) user friendly; and (D) timely; (2) the statewide assessment must help students understand their…

readiness educational standards Sec. 5. (a) An assessment developed under this chapter must be aligned to Indiana's college and career readiness educational standards under IC 20-19-2-14.5. (b) All assessments approved by the state board under this chapter must comply with each o…

Sec. 6. (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 asses…

formation; administration; subject matter; use of technology Sec. 7. (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 a statewid…

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the statewide assessment must be administered in a single testing window that must take place at the end of a school year on dates determined by the state board. (b) If an end of course assessment is administered, the end of cours…

Sec. 9. The state board shall develop a United States government course final exam that schools may administer at the completion of a United States government course. The exam must include the structure of state and federal governments, including the role of separation of powers,…