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 students who are enrolled in the same school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) in which the teacher is currently employed.
(b) The scoring of student responses under a statewide assessment:
(1) must adhere to scoring rubrics and anchor papers;
(2) must measure student achievement relative to the academic standards established by the state board; and
(3) may not reflect the scorer's judgment of the values expressed by a student in the student's responses.
(c) The department, in consultation with the technical advisory committee established by the state board, shall conduct a study to analyze and determine the reliability of machine scoring student responses to items on the statewide assessment. After conducting the study, the department may, if recommended by the technical advisory committee, utilize machine scoring for purposes of scoring student responses to items on the statewide assessment.
As added by P.L.242-2017, SEC.41. Amended by P.L.139-2022, SEC.15.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 32. Student Standards, Assessments, and Performance
Chapter 5.1. Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (Ilearn) Program
20-32-5.1-1. Applicability of Chapter
20-32-5.1-3. Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (Ilearn) Program
20-32-5.1-4. Assessment Requirements
20-32-5.1-6. Duties of State Board; Department
20-32-5.1-8. Testing Window; Administration of End of Course Assessments
20-32-5.1-9. Development of United States Government Final Exam
20-32-5.1-11. Students With a Disability; Accommodations
20-32-5.1-12. Scoring of Statewide Assessment by Indiana Teachers; Machine Scoring
20-32-5.1-14.5. Contract With Vendor to Conduct Statewide Assessment
20-32-5.1-16. Annual Performance Reports; Disaggregation of Test Results for High Ability Students
20-32-5.1-18. Development of Policies to Improve Assessment Literacy
20-32-5.1-18.4. Restrictions on Use of Scores
20-32-5.1-18.5. Accommodations; Approval of Guidance or Recommendations