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 statewide assessment.

     (b) For each school year beginning after June 30, 2018, and except as provided in section 11 of this chapter, the statewide assessment must be administered to all full-time students attending a school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) in grades subject to the statewide assessment required by federal law and in a manner prescribed by the state board.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-32-5.1-7

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (c) Subject matter tested on the statewide assessment as determined by the state board under subsection (a) must, at a minimum, do the following:

(1) Comply with requirements established under federal law with:

(A) math and English/language arts assessed yearly in grades 3 through 8, and at least once in grades 9 through 12; and

(B) science assessed at least once in grades 3 through 5, grades 6 through 9, and grades 10 through 12.

(2) Require that United States history or United States government be assessed at least once in grades 5 or 8.

     (d) Except as provided under subsection (e), for each school year beginning after June 30, 2021, a nationally recognized college entrance exam must be administered for the high school subjects required under subsection (c). The proficiency benchmark must be approved by the commission for higher education, in consultation with the state educational institutions, and may not be lower than the national college ready benchmark established for that particular exam.

     (e) If the state board determines that no nationally recognized college entrance exam assesses a given high school subject that is required under subsection (c), the state board may select another type of assessment, including an end of course assessment, for that subject.

     (f) The statewide assessment:

(1) may not use technology that may negatively influence the ability to measure a student’s mastery of material or a particular academic standard being tested; and

(2) may use a technology enhanced test question only when the technology enhanced test question is the best way to measure the academic standard being tested.

     (g) A statewide assessment, other than an assessment administered under subsection (d), must use a scale score that will ensure the statewide assessment scores are comparable to scale scores used as part of the ISTEP program under IC 20-32-5, before its expiration.

As added by P.L.242-2017, SEC.41. Amended by P.L.192-2018, SEC.37; P.L.11-2023, SEC.67.

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