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.
15.1-21-18. Career interest inventory - Educational and career planning - Consultation. 1. A school district shall administer to students, once during their enrollment in grade seven or eight and once during their enrollment in grade nine or ten, a career interest inventory recommended by the department of career and technical education and approved by the superintendent of public instruction. 2. At least once during the seventh or eighth grade, each school district shall arrange for students to participate in either an individual consultative process or a nine-week course, for the purpose of discussing the results of their career interest inventory,
selecting high school courses appropriate to their educational pursuits and career interests, and developing individual high school education plans. 3. Each school district shall notify its high school students that, upon request, a student is entitled to receive a consultative review of the student's individual high school education plan at least once during each high school grade. Upon the request of a student, the school district shall provide the consultative review. 4. Each school district shall verify compliance with the requirements of this section at the time and in the manner required by the superintendent of public instruction.