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) strategically use data and information from the assessment results to improve student growth and proficiency of all students; and
(3) instruct teachers and administrators on how formative assessment practices can be used on a daily basis during class instruction.
(b) The department shall establish requirements for teacher preparation programs (as described in IC 20-28-3-1(b)) under IC 20-28-3 to improve assessment literacy skills to improve a teacher preparation program student's ability to strategically use data and information from assessment results to improve student growth and proficiency.
As added by P.L.242-2017, SEC.41.
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