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.