#### Indiana Department of Education

**Consolidated State Application**

**Accountability Workbook**

**For**

**State Grants under Title IX, Part C, Section 9302 of the Elementary
and**

> **Secondary Education Act (Public Law 107-110)**

**July 8, 2008**

**(Incorporating All Previous Amendments)**

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**U. S. Department of Education**

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Washington, D.C. 20202

# Summary of Implementation Status for Required Elements of

# State Accountability Systems

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| * |    | **State Accountability System Element**                      |
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| F | 1  | Accountability system includes *all schools and districts in |
|   | .1 | the state*.                                                  |
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| F | 1  | Accountability system holds *all schools to the same         |
|   | .2 | criteria*.                                                   |
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| F | 1  | Accountability system incorporates the *academic achievement |
|   | .3 | standards*.                                                  |
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| F | 1  | Accountability system provides *information in a timely      |
|   | .4 | manner*.                                                     |
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| F | 1  | Accountability system includes *report cards*.               |
|   | .5 |                                                              |
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| F | 1  | Accountability system includes *rewards and sanctions*.      |
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| F | 2  | The accountability system includes *all students*            |
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| F | 2  | The accountability system has a consistent definition of     |
|   | .2 | *full academic year*.                                        |
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| F | 2  | The accountability system properly includes *mobile          |
|   | .3 | students*.                                                   |
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| F | 3  | Accountability system expects *all student subgroups, public |
|   | .1 | schools, and LEAs to reach proficiency by 2013-14*.          |
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| F | 3  | Accountability system has a method for determining whether   |
|   | .2 | *student subgroups, public schools, and LEAs made adequate   |
|   |    | yearly progress.*                                            |
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| F | 3. | Accountability system establishes a *starting point*.        |
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| F | 3. | Accountability system establishes *statewide annual          |
|   | 2b | measurable objectives*.                                      |
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| F | 3. | Accountability system establishes *intermediate goals*.      |
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| F | 4  | The accountability system *determines annually the progress* |
|   | .1 | of schools and districts.                                    |
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| F | 5  | The accountability system *includes all the required student |
|   | .1 | subgroups*.                                                  |
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| F | 5  | The accountability system holds *schools and LEAs            |
|   | .2 | accountable for the progress of* *student subgroups*.        |
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| F | 5  | The accountability system includes *students with            |
|   | .3 | disabilities*.                                               |
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| F | 5  | The accountability system includes *limited English          |
|   | .4 | proficient students*.                                        |
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| F | 5  | The State has determined the minimum number of students      |
|   | .5 | sufficient to yield statistically reliable information for   |
|   |    | each purpose for which disaggregated data are used.          |
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| F | 5  | The State has strategies to protect the privacy of           |
|   | .6 | individual students in reporting achievement results and in  |
|   |    | determining whether schools and LEAs are making adequate     |
|   |    | yearly progress on the basis of disaggregated subgroups.     |
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| F | 6  | Accountability system is based *primarily on academic        |
|   | .1 | assessments*.                                                |
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| F | 7  | Accountability system includes *graduation rate for high     |
|   | .1 | school*s.                                                    |
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| F | 7  | Accountability system includes an *additional academic       |
|   | .2 | indicator for elementary and middle school*s.                |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 7  | Additional indicators are valid and reliable.                |
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| F | 8  | Accountability system holds students, schools and districts  |
|   | .1 | separately accountable for *reading/language arts* and       |
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| F | 9  | Accountability system produces *reliable decisions*.         |
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| F | 9  | Accountability system produces *valid decisions*.            |
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| F | 9  | State has a plan for addressing *changes in assessment and   |
|   | .3 | student population*.                                         |
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| F | 10 | Accountability system has a means for calculating the *rate  |
|   | .1 | of participation* in the statewide assessment.               |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| F | 10 | Accountability system has a means for *applying the 95%      |
|   | .2 | assessment criteria to student subgroups* *and small         |
|   |    | schools.*                                                    |
+---+----+--------------------------------------------------------------+

**STATUS Legend:**

**F -- Final policy**

**P -- Proposed Policy, awaiting State approval**

**W-- Working to formulate policy**

**PRINCIPLE 1. A single statewide Accountability System applied to all
public schools and LEAs.**

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT** | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1.  How does the     | Every public school   | A public school or    |
|     State            | and LEA is required   | LEA is not required   |
|     Accountability   | to make adequate      | to make adequate      |
|     System include   | yearly progress and   | yearly progress and   |
|     every public     | is included in the    | is not included in    |
|     school and LEA   | State Accountability  | the State             |
|     in the State?    | System.               | Accountability        |
|                      |                       | System.               |
|                      | State has a           |                       |
|                      | definition of "public | State policy          |
|                      | school" and "LEA" for | systematically        |
|                      | AYP accountability    | excludes certain      |
|                      | purposes.             | public schools and/or |
|                      |                       | LEAs.                 |
|                      | -   The State         |                       |
|                      |     Accountability    |                       |
|                      |     System produces   |                       |
|                      |     AYP decisions for |                       |
|                      |     all public        |                       |
|                      |     schools,          |                       |
|                      |     including public  |                       |
|                      |     schools with      |                       |
|                      |     variant grade     |                       |
|                      |     configurations    |                       |
|                      |     (e.g., K-12),     |                       |
|                      |     public schools    |                       |
|                      |     that serve        |                       |
|                      |     special           |                       |
|                      |     populations       |                       |
|                      |     (e.g.,            |                       |
|                      |     alternative       |                       |
|                      |     public schools,   |                       |
|                      |     juvenile          |                       |
|                      |     institutions,     |                       |
|                      |     state public      |                       |
|                      |     schools for the   |                       |
|                      |     blind) and public |                       |
|                      |     charter schools.  |                       |
|                      |     It also holds     |                       |
|                      |     accountable       |                       |
|                      |     public schools    |                       |
|                      |     with no grades    |                       |
|                      |     assessed (e.g.,   |                       |
|                      |     K-2).             |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-31](http://www.   |                       |                       |
| in.gov/legislative/i |                       |                       |
| c/code/title20/ar31) |                       |                       |
| and [State Board of  |                       |                       |
| Education Rule 511   |                       |                       |
| IAC                  |                       |                       |
| 6.2](http://www.in   |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Public Law          |                       |                       |
| 221-1999, Indiana's  |                       |                       |
| school               |                       |                       |
| accountability law,  |                       |                       |
| and its implementing |                       |                       |
| regulation) define   |                       |                       |
| public school as any |                       |                       |
| school, including an |                       |                       |
| alternative school,  |                       |                       |
| operated by a school |                       |                       |
| corporation          |                       |                       |
| (Indiana's term for  |                       |                       |
| school district)     |                       |                       |
| [and]{.underline}    |                       |                       |
| any charter school.  |                       |                       |
| Indiana Code         |                       |                       |
| 20-31-8-2 requires   |                       |                       |
| the Indiana          |                       |                       |
| Department of        |                       |                       |
| Education (IDOE) to  |                       |                       |
| compare performance  |                       |                       |
| of each school and   |                       |                       |
| school corporation   |                       |                       |
| to its prior         |                       |                       |
| performance as a     |                       |                       |
| part of the          |                       |                       |
| accountability       |                       |                       |
| system.              |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Schools operated by  |                       |                       |
| the state (except    |                       |                       |
| correctional         |                       |                       |
| facilities) are      |                       |                       |
| included because     |                       |                       |
| they:                |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| 1.  serve special    |                       |                       |
|     education        |                       |                       |
|     students and are |                       |                       |
|     required to      |                       |                       |
|     comply with      |                       |                       |
|     state and        |                       |                       |
|     federal special  |                       |                       |
|     education        |                       |                       |
|     requirements,    |                       |                       |
|     including        |                       |                       |
|     assessment; or   |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| 2.  are required to  |                       |                       |
|     be accredited.   |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Schools in           |                       |                       |
| correctional         |                       |                       |
| facilities are       |                       |                       |
| included because     |                       |                       |
| they:                |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| > 1\. serve special  |                       |                       |
| > education students |                       |                       |
| > and are required   |                       |                       |
| > to comply with     |                       |                       |
| > state and federal  |                       |                       |
| > special education  |                       |                       |
| > requirements,      |                       |                       |
| > including          |                       |                       |
| > assessment;        |                       |                       |
| >                    |                       |                       |
| > 2\. are required   |                       |                       |
| > to consult with    |                       |                       |
| > the Indiana        |                       |                       |
| > Department of      |                       |                       |
| > Education (IDOE)   |                       |                       |
| > on their           |                       |                       |
| > educational        |                       |                       |
| > programs; or       |                       |                       |
| >                    |                       |                       |
| > 3\. are served by  |                       |                       |
| > school             |                       |                       |
| > corporations.      |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Only seven schools   |                       |                       |
| do not include a     |                       |                       |
| grade level          |                       |                       |
| currently assessed   |                       |                       |
| by the Indiana       |                       |                       |
| Statewide Testing    |                       |                       |
| for Educational      |                       |                       |
| Progress (ISTEP+).   |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| A school that        |                       |                       |
| includes a grade or  |                       |                       |
| grades below those   |                       |                       |
| for which there is   |                       |                       |
| ISTEP+ data is       |                       |                       |
| linked with the      |                       |                       |
| school that students |                       |                       |
| attend after they    |                       |                       |
| leave the school for |                       |                       |
| which there is no    |                       |                       |
| ISTEP data. The AYP  |                       |                       |
| determination for    |                       |                       |
| the school for which |                       |                       |
| there is ISTEP data  |                       |                       |
| applies to the       |                       |                       |
| feeder school**.**   |                       |                       |
| The 95%              |                       |                       |
| participation        |                       |                       |
| requirement, for all |                       |                       |
| students and         |                       |                       |
| subgroups, is        |                       |                       |
| included.            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| At the high school   |                       |                       |
| level, since high    |                       |                       |
| school by definition |                       |                       |
| begins at Grade 9    |                       |                       |
| regardless of the    |                       |                       |
| configuration of a   |                       |                       |
| school building, a   |                       |                       |
| school that serves   |                       |                       |
| grades that are not  |                       |                       |
| included in ISTEP+   |                       |                       |
| is "paired" for      |                       |                       |
| accountability       |                       |                       |
| purposes with the    |                       |                       |
| school serving Grade |                       |                       |
| 9 or 10.             |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Indiana implemented  |                       |                       |
| annual testing in    |                       |                       |
| English/Language     |                       |                       |
| Arts and Mathematics |                       |                       |
| in Grades 3-10 in    |                       |                       |
| 2004, resulting in   |                       |                       |
| practically all      |                       |                       |
| schools meeting the  |                       |                       |
| minimum group size.  |                       |                       |
| Data are aggregated  |                       |                       |
| over consecutive     |                       |                       |
| years, if necessary, |                       |                       |
| to meet the minimum  |                       |                       |
| group size.          |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| All schools are      |                       |                       |
| included in the      |                       |                       |
| accountability       |                       |                       |
| system.              |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Links to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Ev                   |                       |                       |
| idence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-31-1](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar31/ch1.html) |                       |                       |
| (Applicability)      |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Indiana             |                       |                       |
| 20-31-2](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar31/ch2.html) |                       |                       |
| (Definitions)        |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-31-8](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar31/ch8.html) |                       |                       |
| (Assessing           |                       |                       |
| Improvement)         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-6](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Assessing School    |                       |                       |
| Improvement and      |                       |                       |
| Performance)         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.6-7](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Adequate Yearly     |                       |                       |
| Progress)            |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT** | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1.  How are all      | All public schools    | Some public schools   |
|     public schools   | and LEAs are          | and LEAs are          |
|     and LEAs held to | systematically judged | systematically judged |
|     the same         | on the basis of the   | on the basis of       |
|     criteria when    | same criteria when    | alternate criteria    |
|     making an AYP    | making an AYP         | when making an AYP    |
|     determination?   | determination.        | determination.        |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | If applicable, the    |                       |
|                      | AYP definition is     |                       |
|                      | integrated into the   |                       |
|                      | State Accountability  |                       |
|                      | System.               |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Indiana Code 20-31-8 |                       |                       |
| does not             |                       |                       |
| differentiate among  |                       |                       |
| public schools or    |                       |                       |
| school corporations. |                       |                       |
| Beginning with data  |                       |                       |
| for the 2004-2005    |                       |                       |
| school year, all     |                       |                       |
| public schools,      |                       |                       |
| including charter    |                       |                       |
| schools, and school  |                       |                       |
| corporations were    |                       |                       |
| placed into five     |                       |                       |
| categories based on  |                       |                       |
| a combination of     |                       |                       |
| performance of all   |                       |                       |
| students (no         |                       |                       |
| adjustment for       |                       |                       |
| students who have    |                       |                       |
| not attended for a   |                       |                       |
| minimum length of    |                       |                       |
| time) and            |                       |                       |
| improvement of       |                       |                       |
| non-mobile students. |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| ![](media            |                       |                       |
| /image2.png){width=" |                       |                       |
| 5.998611111111111in" |                       |                       |
| height="2.           |                       |                       |
| 2583333333333333in"} |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| The middle category, |                       |                       |
| Academic Progress,   |                       |                       |
| constitutes          |                       |                       |
| demonstrated         |                       |                       |
| improvement.         |                       |                       |
| Improvement is       |                       |                       |
| expected of all      |                       |                       |
| schools. Schools are |                       |                       |
| compared to          |                       |                       |
| themselves rather    |                       |                       |
| than to other        |                       |                       |
| schools.             |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Beginning with data  |                       |                       |
| for the 2004-2005    |                       |                       |
| school year, the     |                       |                       |
| ESEA AYP definition  |                       |                       |
| was integrated into  |                       |                       |
| the state system by  |                       |                       |
| providing that       |                       |                       |
| schools that fail to |                       |                       |
| make AYP for two     |                       |                       |
| consecutive years    |                       |                       |
| will be placed no    |                       |                       |
| higher than the      |                       |                       |
| Academic Progress    |                       |                       |
| category, but may be |                       |                       |
| placed lower if the  |                       |                       |
| state system         |                       |                       |
| dictates lower       |                       |                       |
| placement.           |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Consecutive years of |                       |                       |
| failing to make      |                       |                       |
| adequate yearly      |                       |                       |
| progress are based   |                       |                       |
| on failing to meet   |                       |                       |
| the measurable       |                       |                       |
| annual objective in  |                       |                       |
| the same subject     |                       |                       |
| (English or          |                       |                       |
| mathematics) for     |                       |                       |
| consecutive years.   |                       |                       |
| If a school or       |                       |                       |
| school corporation   |                       |                       |
| in a given year      |                       |                       |
| fails to meet the    |                       |                       |
| annual objective in  |                       |                       |
| English but meets    |                       |                       |
| the objective in     |                       |                       |
| mathematics and in   |                       |                       |
| the next year one or |                       |                       |
| more student         |                       |                       |
| group(s) fails to    |                       |                       |
| meet the objective   |                       |                       |
| in English, the      |                       |                       |
| school or school     |                       |                       |
| corporation has      |                       |                       |
| failed to make       |                       |                       |
| adequate yearly      |                       |                       |
| progress AYP for two |                       |                       |
| consecutive years.   |                       |                       |
| If, however, the     |                       |                       |
| school or school     |                       |                       |
| corporation meets    |                       |                       |
| the annual objective |                       |                       |
| in English for all   |                       |                       |
| student groups in    |                       |                       |
| the second year,     |                       |                       |
| then the timeline    |                       |                       |
| restarts. If the     |                       |                       |
| school or school     |                       |                       |
| corporation fails to |                       |                       |
| meet the annual      |                       |                       |
| objective in         |                       |                       |
| mathematics, it has  |                       |                       |
| now failed to make   |                       |                       |
| adequate yearly      |                       |                       |
| progress for one     |                       |                       |
| year. If the school  |                       |                       |
| or school            |                       |                       |
| corporation meets    |                       |                       |
| the annual objective |                       |                       |
| in mathematics, the  |                       |                       |
| school or school     |                       |                       |
| corporation have no  |                       |                       |
| consecutive years of |                       |                       |
| not making adequate  |                       |                       |
| yearly progress.     |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| For purposes of      |                       |                       |
| school corporation   |                       |                       |
| improvement, Indiana |                       |                       |
| will use grade spans |                       |                       |
| \[Elementary (K-5),  |                       |                       |
| Middle (6-8), and    |                       |                       |
| High School (9-12)\] |                       |                       |
| at the corporation   |                       |                       |
| level for            |                       |                       |
| achievement,         |                       |                       |
| participation rate,  |                       |                       |
| and the secondary    |                       |                       |
| indicator. A         |                       |                       |
| corporation is       |                       |                       |
| placed in            |                       |                       |
| corporation          |                       |                       |
| improvement when all |                       |                       |
| grade spans within a |                       |                       |
| corporation fail to  |                       |                       |
| meet standards for   |                       |                       |
| two consecutive      |                       |                       |
| years in the same    |                       |                       |
| subject. A           |                       |                       |
| corporation having   |                       |                       |
| school corporation   |                       |                       |
| improvement status   |                       |                       |
| is removed from that |                       |                       |
| status when any      |                       |                       |
| grade span meets the |                       |                       |
| standards for two    |                       |                       |
| consecutive years in |                       |                       |
| that subject.        |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| A school is          |                       |                       |
| considered a \"new\" |                       |                       |
| school for           |                       |                       |
| accountability       |                       |                       |
| purposes if it meets |                       |                       |
| the following        |                       |                       |
| threshold criteria:\ |                       |                       |
| (1) a change of at   |                       |                       |
| least 50 percent of  |                       |                       |
| the student          |                       |                       |
| population from the  |                       |                       |
| previous year; or\   |                       |                       |
| (2) a change in      |                       |                       |
| grade configuration  |                       |                       |
| that involves at     |                       |                       |
| least 50 percent of  |                       |                       |
| the former grade     |                       |                       |
| levels, either by    |                       |                       |
| elimination or       |                       |                       |
| addition;\           |                       |                       |
| accompanied by       |                       |                       |
| significant change   |                       |                       |
| in educational       |                       |                       |
| philosophy or        |                       |                       |
| staffing.\           |                       |                       |
| \                    |                       |                       |
| The AYP history of   |                       |                       |
| the school is        |                       |                       |
| considered, and      |                       |                       |
| there must be no     |                       |                       |
| evidence that the    |                       |                       |
| change was made to   |                       |                       |
| avoid                |                       |                       |
| accountability.  The |                       |                       |
| preponderance of the |                       |                       |
| evidence must        |                       |                       |
| reasonably lead to   |                       |                       |
| the conclusion that  |                       |                       |
| comparisons cannot   |                       |                       |
| fairly be made to    |                       |                       |
| the previous year\'s |                       |                       |
| performance.  If at  |                       |                       |
| least 50 percent of  |                       |                       |
| the students in a    |                       |                       |
| \"new\" school would |                       |                       |
| have received        |                       |                       |
| Supplemental         |                       |                       |
| Educational Services |                       |                       |
| in the previous      |                       |                       |
| school, the Indiana  |                       |                       |
| Department of        |                       |                       |
| Education requires   |                       |                       |
| the LEA to continue  |                       |                       |
| SES eligibility in   |                       |                       |
| the new school until |                       |                       |
| it demonstrates AYP  |                       |                       |
| for two consecutive  |                       |                       |
| years.               |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Links to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Ev                   |                       |                       |
| idence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| IC 20-31-8           |                       |                       |
| (Assessing           |                       |                       |
| Improvement)         |                       |                       |
| <                    |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar31/ch8.html> |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| 511 IAC 6.2-6 and    |                       |                       |
| 511 IAC 6.6-7        |                       |                       |
| (Assessing School    |                       |                       |
| Improvement and      |                       |                       |
| Performance;         |                       |                       |
| Adequate yearly      |                       |                       |
| Progress)            |                       |                       |
| <http://www.in       |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?> |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Overview of AYP in  |                       |                       |
| Indiana](http        |                       |                       |
| ://www.doe.state.in. |                       |                       |
| us/ayp/welcome.html) |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Overview of Indiana |                       |                       |
| Accountability       |                       |                       |
| S                    |                       |                       |
| ystem](http://www.do |                       |                       |
| e.state.in.us/pl221) |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+------------------------+------------------------+-------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT**   | **EXAMPLES FOR**       | **EXAMPLES OF**   |
|                        |                        |                   |
|                        | **MEETING STATUTORY    | ***NOT* MEETING   |
|                        | REQUIREMENTS**         | REQUIREMENTS**    |
+------------------------+------------------------+-------------------+
| 2.  Does the State     | State has defined      | Standards do not  |
|     have, at a         | three levels of        | meet the          |
|     minimum, a         | student achievement:   | legislated        |
|     definition of      | *basic*, *proficient*  | requirements.     |
|     *basic*,           | and *advanced*.[^1]    |                   |
|     *proficient* and   |                        |                   |
|     *advanced* student | Student achievement    |                   |
|     achievement levels | levels of *proficient* |                   |
|     in                 | and *advanced*         |                   |
|     reading/language   | determine how well     |                   |
|     arts and           | students are mastering |                   |
|     mathematics?       | the materials in the   |                   |
|                        | State's academic       |                   |
|                        | content standards; and |                   |
|                        | the *basic* level of   |                   |
|                        | achievement provides   |                   |
|                        | complete information   |                   |
|                        | about the progress of  |                   |
|                        | lower-achieving        |                   |
|                        | students toward        |                   |
|                        | mastering the          |                   |
|                        | *proficient* and       |                   |
|                        | *advanced* levels.     |                   |
+------------------------+------------------------+-------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND   |                        |                   |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR   |                        |                   |
| MEETING REQUIREMENTS** |                        |                   |
+------------------------+------------------------+-------------------+
| The State has three    |                        |                   |
| levels of student      |                        |                   |
| achievement: DID NOT   |                        |                   |
| PASS, PASS and PASS+.  |                        |                   |
| Recommendations for    |                        |                   |
| Grades 3, 6, and 8 cut |                        |                   |
| scores                 |                        |                   |
| (standard-setting      |                        |                   |
| process) were          |                        |                   |
| conducted in January   |                        |                   |
| 2003. Cut scores were  |                        |                   |
| adopted on January 21, |                        |                   |
| 2003. The PASS level   |                        |                   |
| will be used for AYP   |                        |                   |
| purposes. Additional   |                        |                   |
| cut scores for grades  |                        |                   |
| 4, 5 and 7 and new     |                        |                   |
| Grade 10 GQE cut       |                        |                   |
| scores were adopted in |                        |                   |
| 2005. Indiana has also |                        |                   |
| adopted cut scores for |                        |                   |
| these three categories |                        |                   |
| for our Science        |                        |                   |
| assessment at Grades 5 |                        |                   |
| and 7 and Biology I.   |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| Indiana's Standards    |                        |                   |
| and Assessments System |                        |                   |
| is fully approved      |                        |                   |
| under NCLB.            |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| [L]{.underline}[inks   |                        |                   |
| to Supporting          |                        |                   |
| Evidence]{.underline}: |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| [Grades 3, 6, and 8    |                        |                   |
| Passing                |                        |                   |
| Score                  |                        |                   |
| s](http://www.edroundt |                        |                   |
| able.state.in.us/pdf/r |                        |                   |
| esolutions/2003-1.pdf) |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| [Grade 5 Science       |                        |                   |
| Passing                |                        |                   |
| Score                  |                        |                   |
| s](http://www.edroundt |                        |                   |
| able.state.in.us/pdf/r |                        |                   |
| esolutions/2004-1.pdf) |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| [Grades 4, 5, and 7    |                        |                   |
| Passing                |                        |                   |
| Scores](http://w       |                        |                   |
| ww.edroundtable.state. |                        |                   |
| in.us/meetings/2004doc |                        |                   |
| s/041215/ISTEP Resolut |                        |                   |
| ion--Grades 4,5,7.pdf) |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| [Grade 10 Passing      |                        |                   |
| Scores](http://www.ed  |                        |                   |
| roundtable.state.in.us |                        |                   |
| /pdf/resolutions/ISTEP |                        |                   |
|  Resolution--Grades 9, |                        |                   |
| 10--FINAL FOR WEB.pdf) |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| [Grade 7 Science       |                        |                   |
| Passing                |                        |                   |
| Scores](http:/         |                        |                   |
| /www.edroundtable.stat |                        |                   |
| e.in.us/meetings/2006d |                        |                   |
| ocs/January 2006/ISTEP |                        |                   |
| + Grade 7 Science pass |                        |                   |
| ing scores--final.pdf) |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| [Biology I Passing     |                        |                   |
| Scores](ht             |                        |                   |
| tp://www.edroundtable. |                        |                   |
| state.in.us/pdf/resolu |                        |                   |
| tions/Resolution on Co |                        |                   |
| re 40 biology passing  |                        |                   |
| scores--as passed.pdf) |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| [Department Approval   |                        |                   |
| of Indiana's Standards |                        |                   |
| and Accountability     |                        |                   |
| Syste                  |                        |                   |
| m](http://www.ed.gov/a |                        |                   |
| dmins/lead/account/ncl |                        |                   |
| bfinalassess/in2.html) |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| [State Accountability  |                        |                   |
| Syste                  |                        |                   |
| m](http://www.doe.stat |                        |                   |
| e.in.us/pl221/2007/200 |                        |                   |
| 7-PL221-FactSheet.pdf) |                        |                   |
+------------------------+------------------------+-------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT**   | **EXAMPLES FOR**       | **EXAMPLES OF**   |
|                        |                        |                   |
|                        | **MEETING STATUTORY    | ***NOT* MEETING   |
|                        | REQUIREMENTS**         | REQUIREMENTS**    |
+------------------------+------------------------+-------------------+
| 4.  How does the State | > State provides       | Timeline does not |
|     provide            | > decisions about      | provide           |
|     accountability and | > adequate yearly      | sufficient time   |
|     adequate yearly    | > progress in time for | for LEAs to       |
|     progress decisions | > LEAs to implement    | fulfill their     |
|     and information in | > the required         | responsibilities  |
|     a timely manner?   | > provisions before    | before the        |
|                        | > the beginning of the | beginning of the  |
|                        | > next academic year.  | next academic     |
|                        |                        | year.             |
|                        | State allows enough    |                   |
|                        | time to notify parents |                   |
|                        | about public school    |                   |
|                        | choice or supplemental |                   |
|                        | educational service    |                   |
|                        | options, time for      |                   |
|                        | parents to make an     |                   |
|                        | informed decision, and |                   |
|                        | time to implement      |                   |
|                        | public school choice   |                   |
|                        | and supplemental       |                   |
|                        | educational services.  |                   |
+------------------------+------------------------+-------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND   |                        |                   |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR   |                        |                   |
| MEETING REQUIREMENTS** |                        |                   |
+------------------------+------------------------+-------------------+
| ISTEP+ tests are given |                        |                   |
| during September, with |                        |                   |
| results returned prior |                        |                   |
| to Thanksgiving.       |                        |                   |
| Schools must meet with |                        |                   |
| parents to discuss     |                        |                   |
| remediation plans for  |                        |                   |
| students who did not   |                        |                   |
| pass. Remediation      |                        |                   |
| begins the second      |                        |                   |
| semester of the school |                        |                   |
| year. Remediation      |                        |                   |
| funds are provided by  |                        |                   |
| the State. Funds also  |                        |                   |
| are provided for       |                        |                   |
| students who are       |                        |                   |
| at-risk of failure.    |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| This timeline allows   |                        |                   |
| schools enough time to |                        |                   |
| notify parents about   |                        |                   |
| public school choice   |                        |                   |
| or supplemental        |                        |                   |
| educational service    |                        |                   |
| options, enough time   |                        |                   |
| for parents to make    |                        |                   |
| informed decisions,    |                        |                   |
| and enough time to     |                        |                   |
| implement public       |                        |                   |
| school choice and      |                        |                   |
| supplemental           |                        |                   |
| educational services.  |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| Supplemental services  |                        |                   |
| begin as soon as final |                        |                   |
| AYP determinations and |                        |                   |
| identification of      |                        |                   |
| schools in school      |                        |                   |
| improvement are made.  |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| [Links to Supporting   |                        |                   |
| Evidence]{.underline}: |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| [AYP                   |                        |                   |
| Determinations](       |                        |                   |
| http://www.doe.state.i |                        |                   |
| n.us/ayp/welcome.html) |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| [Public School         |                        |                   |
| Choice                 |                        |                   |
| ](http://www.doe.in.go |                        |                   |
| v/TitleI/pdf/PublicSch |                        |                   |
| oolChoiceBrochure.pdf) |                        |                   |
| and [Supplemental      |                        |                   |
| Educational            |                        |                   |
| Services](http://      |                        |                   |
| mustang.doe.state.in.u |                        |                   |
| s/dg/ses/welcome.html) |                        |                   |
|                        |                        |                   |
| [Indiana Code          |                        |                   |
| 20-                    |                        |                   |
| 32-5](http://www.in.go |                        |                   |
| v/legislative/ic/code/ |                        |                   |
| title20/ar32/ch5.html) |                        |                   |
| (Remediation Required) |                        |                   |
+------------------------+------------------------+-------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT** | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 5.  Does the State   | The State Report Card | The State Report Card |
|     Accountability   | includes all the      | does not include all  |
|     System produce   | required data         | the required data     |
|     an annual State  | elements \[see        | elements.             |
|     Report Card?     | Appendix A for the    |                       |
|                      | list of required data | The State Report Card |
|                      | elements\].           | is not available to   |
|                      |                       | the public.           |
|                      | The State Report Card |                       |
|                      | is available to the   |                       |
|                      | public at the         |                       |
|                      | beginning of the      |                       |
|                      | academic year.        |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | The State Report Card |                       |
|                      | is accessible in      |                       |
|                      | languages of major    |                       |
|                      | populations in the    |                       |
|                      | State, to the extent  |                       |
|                      | possible.             |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | Assessment results    |                       |
|                      | and other academic    |                       |
|                      | indicators (including |                       |
|                      | graduation rates) are |                       |
|                      | reported by student   |                       |
|                      | subgroups             |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The State Report     |                       |                       |
| Card is available    |                       |                       |
| through the          |                       |                       |
| Accountability       |                       |                       |
| System for Academic  |                       |                       |
| Progress (ASAP)      |                       |                       |
| website. The report  |                       |                       |
| includes all the     |                       |                       |
| required data        |                       |                       |
| elements. It is      |                       |                       |
| available to the     |                       |                       |
| public at the        |                       |                       |
| beginning of the     |                       |                       |
| academic year. The   |                       |                       |
| IDOE is pursuing a   |                       |                       |
| Spanish language     |                       |                       |
| option.              |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| ASAP includes data   |                       |                       |
| not required for     |                       |                       |
| state or local       |                       |                       |
| report cards but of  |                       |                       |
| tremendous value for |                       |                       |
| school improvement   |                       |                       |
| planning and public  |                       |                       |
| reporting.           |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Links to Supporting  |                       |                       |
| Evidence:            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [State Report        |                       |                       |
| Card](htt            |                       |                       |
| p://www.doe.in.gov/a |                       |                       |
| sap/statesnap3.html) |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT** | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 6.  How does the     | State uses one or     | State does not        |
|     State            | more types of rewards | implement rewards or  |
|     Accountability   | and sanctions, where  | sanctions for public  |
|     System include   | the criteria are:     | schools and LEAs      |
|     rewards and      |                       | based on adequate     |
|     sanctions for    | -   Set by the State; | yearly progress.      |
|     public schools   |                       |                       |
|     and LEAs?[^2]    | -   Based on adequate |                       |
|                      |     yearly progress   |                       |
|                      |     decisions; and,   |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | -   Applied uniformly |                       |
|                      |     across public     |                       |
|                      |     schools and LEAs. |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-31-4](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar31/ch4.html) |                       |                       |
| and [Indiana Code    |                       |                       |
| 20-31-9](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar31/ch9.html) |                       |                       |
| (along with          |                       |                       |
| implementing         |                       |                       |
| regulations [511 IAC |                       |                       |
| 6.1](http://www.in   |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00061.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| and [511 IAC         |                       |                       |
| 6.2](http://www.in.  |                       |                       |
| gov/legislative/iac/ |                       |                       |
| T05110/A00062.PDF?)) |                       |                       |
| prescribe            |                       |                       |
| consequences for     |                       |                       |
| schools placed in    |                       |                       |
| the lowest school    |                       |                       |
| improvement and      |                       |                       |
| performance category |                       |                       |
| for several years.   |                       |                       |
| These include:       |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| -   Merging the      |                       |                       |
|     school with a    |                       |                       |
|     nearby school    |                       |                       |
|     that is in a     |                       |                       |
|     higher category. |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| -   Assigning a      |                       |                       |
|     special          |                       |                       |
|     management team  |                       |                       |
|     to operate all   |                       |                       |
|     or part of the   |                       |                       |
|     school.          |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| -   The IDOE\'s      |                       |                       |
|     recommendations  |                       |                       |
|     for improving    |                       |                       |
|     the school.      |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| -   Other options    |                       |                       |
|     for school       |                       |                       |
|     improvement      |                       |                       |
|     expressed at the |                       |                       |
|     public hearing,  |                       |                       |
|     including        |                       |                       |
|     closing the      |                       |                       |
|     school.          |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| -   Revising the     |                       |                       |
|     school\'s plan   |                       |                       |
|     in any of the    |                       |                       |
|     following areas: |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| > Changes in school  |                       |                       |
| > procedures or      |                       |                       |
| > operations.        |                       |                       |
| >                    |                       |                       |
| > Professional       |                       |                       |
| > development.       |                       |                       |
| >                    |                       |                       |
| > Intervention for   |                       |                       |
| > individual         |                       |                       |
| > teachers or        |                       |                       |
| > administrators.    |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| The state's school   |                       |                       |
| accreditation system |                       |                       |
| (IC 20--31-4-1 and   |                       |                       |
| 511 IAC 6.1) places  |                       |                       |
| a school corporation |                       |                       |
| on probation if most |                       |                       |
| of its schools are   |                       |                       |
| on probation. The    |                       |                       |
| Department of        |                       |                       |
| Education must make  |                       |                       |
| recommendations to   |                       |                       |
| the Indiana General  |                       |                       |
| Assembly on the      |                       |                       |
| continued operation  |                       |                       |
| of the probationary  |                       |                       |
| corporation.         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Charter schools are  |                       |                       |
| subject to having    |                       |                       |
| their charter        |                       |                       |
| revoked if they fail |                       |                       |
| to meet targets      |                       |                       |
| specified in the     |                       |                       |
| charter.             |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Title I schools and  |                       |                       |
| school corporations  |                       |                       |
| are subject to the   |                       |                       |
| requirements of      |                       |                       |
| Section 1116 of      |                       |                       |
| NCLB.                |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-31-7](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar31/ch7.html) |                       |                       |
| establishes          |                       |                       |
| educational          |                       |                       |
| achievement grants   |                       |                       |
| for increases in     |                       |                       |
| ISTEP+ performance.  |                       |                       |
| A rewards program    |                       |                       |
| has been in          |                       |                       |
| existence since      |                       |                       |
| 1987. Rewards        |                       |                       |
| include both         |                       |                       |
| monetary and         |                       |                       |
| non-monetary         |                       |                       |
| rewards. Monetary    |                       |                       |
| awards are           |                       |                       |
| proportional to the  |                       |                       |
| increases in         |                       |                       |
| achievement. Schools |                       |                       |
| with the greatest    |                       |                       |
| improvement receive  |                       |                       |
| the greatest per     |                       |                       |
| pupil award.         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| The IDOE has created |                       |                       |
| a Four Star school   |                       |                       |
| program to recognize |                       |                       |
| the highest          |                       |                       |
| performing schools.  |                       |                       |
| The program will be  |                       |                       |
| modified to include  |                       |                       |
| a requirement that   |                       |                       |
| Four Star schools    |                       |                       |
| must make AYP.       |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Links to Supporting  |                       |                       |
| Evidence:            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-31-9](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar31/ch9.html) |                       |                       |
| (Consequences)       |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-6](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Assessing School    |                       |                       |
| Improvement and      |                       |                       |
| Performance)         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-7](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Adequate Yearly     |                       |                       |
| Progress)            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-31-4](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar31/ch4.html) |                       |                       |
| (Performance-Based   |                       |                       |
| Accreditation)       |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.1-1](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00061.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (School              |                       |                       |
| Accreditation        |                       |                       |
| System)              |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-31-7](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar31/ch7.html) |                       |                       |
| (Student Educational |                       |                       |
| Achievement Grants   |                       |                       |
| (not funded          |                       |                       |
| currently))          |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Consequences Under  |                       |                       |
| State Accountability |                       |                       |
| System](htt          |                       |                       |
| p://www.doe.state.in |                       |                       |
| .us/pl221/2007/2007- |                       |                       |
| PL221-FactSheet.pdf) |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Four Star School    |                       |                       |
| Award](http://www    |                       |                       |
| .doe.in.gov/accredit |                       |                       |
| ation/fourstar.html) |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 2. All students are included in the State Accountability
System.**

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT** | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1.  How does the     | All students in the   | Public school         |
|     State            | State are included in | students exist in the |
|     Accountability   | the State             | State for whom the    |
|     System include   | Accountability        | State Accountability  |
|     all students in  | System.               | System makes no       |
|     the State?       |                       | provision.            |
|                      | The definitions of    |                       |
|                      | "public school" and   |                       |
|                      | "LEA" account for all |                       |
|                      | students enrolled in  |                       |
|                      | the public school     |                       |
|                      | district, regardless  |                       |
|                      | of program or type of |                       |
|                      | public school.        |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-32-5](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar32/ch5.html) |                       |                       |
| and the [ISTEP       |                       |                       |
| Program              |                       |                       |
| Manual](http://www.d |                       |                       |
| oe.state.in.us/istep |                       |                       |
| /ProgramManual.html) |                       |                       |
| provide that all     |                       |                       |
| students must        |                       |                       |
| participate in       |                       |                       |
| ISTEP+ in English    |                       |                       |
| and Mathematics at   |                       |                       |
| Grades 3 -- 10 and   |                       |                       |
| in Science at Grade  |                       |                       |
| 5 and 7 and Biology  |                       |                       |
| I.                   |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Links to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Ev                   |                       |                       |
| idence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-32-5](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar32/ch5.html) |                       |                       |
| (Indiana Statewide   |                       |                       |
| Testing for          |                       |                       |
| Educational          |                       |                       |
| Progress)            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-31-8](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar31/ch8.html) |                       |                       |
| (Assessing           |                       |                       |
| Improvement)         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-6](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Assessing School    |                       |                       |
| Improvement and      |                       |                       |
| Performance)         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [ISTEP Program       |                       |                       |
| Manual](http://www.d |                       |                       |
| oe.state.in.us/istep |                       |                       |
| /ProgramManual.html) |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT** | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 2.  How does the     | The State has a       | LEAs have varying     |
|     State define     | definition of "full   | definitions of "full  |
|     "full academic   | academic year" for    | academic year."       |
|     year" for        | determining which     |                       |
|     identifying      | students are to be    | The State's           |
|     students in AYP  | included in decisions | definition excludes   |
|     decisions?       | about AYP.            | students who must     |
|                      |                       | transfer from one     |
|                      | The definition of     | district to another   |
|                      | full academic year is | as they advance to    |
|                      | consistent and        | the next grade.       |
|                      | applied statewide.    |                       |
|                      |                       | The definition of     |
|                      |                       | full academic year is |
|                      |                       | not applied           |
|                      |                       | consistently.         |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Since the Improving  |                       |                       |
| America's Schools    |                       |                       |
| Act, Indiana has     |                       |                       |
| used the traditional |                       |                       |
| October 1 class      |                       |                       |
| enrollment and       |                       |                       |
| staffing reporting   |                       |                       |
| date to determine if |                       |                       |
| a student has been   |                       |                       |
| enrolled for a full  |                       |                       |
| academic year. This  |                       |                       |
| is the second of two |                       |                       |
| fall reporting       |                       |                       |
| dates. It            |                       |                       |
| corresponds to       |                       |                       |
| enrollment for 162   |                       |                       |
| days.                |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| The state ensures    |                       |                       |
| consistent           |                       |                       |
| application by       |                       |                       |
| collecting days of   |                       |                       |
| enrollment for every |                       |                       |
| student through the  |                       |                       |
| [Student Test Number |                       |                       |
| System](http:        |                       |                       |
| //www.doe.state.in.u |                       |                       |
| s/stn/welcome.html). |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Links to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Ev                   |                       |                       |
| idence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.                   |                       |                       |
| 2-7-7](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Full Academic year) |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **CRITICAL ELEMENT** | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | **MEETING STATUTORY   | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 3.  How does the     | State holds public    | State definition      |
|     State            | schools accountable   | requires students to  |
|     Accountability   | for students who were | attend the same       |
|     System determine | enrolled at the same  | public school for     |
|     which students   | public school for a   | more than a full      |
|     have attended    | full academic year.   | academic year to be   |
|     the same public  |                       | included in public    |
|     school and/or    | State holds LEAs      | school                |
|     LEA for a full   | accountable for       | accountability.       |
|     academic year?   | students who transfer |                       |
|                      | during the full       | State definition      |
|                      | academic year from    | requires students to  |
|                      | one public school     | attend school in the  |
|                      | within the district   | same district for     |
|                      | to another public     | more than a full      |
|                      | school within the     | academic year to be   |
|                      | district.             | included in district  |
|                      |                       | accountability.       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      |                       | State holds public    |
|                      |                       | schools accountable   |
|                      |                       | for students who have |
|                      |                       | not attended the same |
|                      |                       | public school for a   |
|                      |                       | full academic year.   |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The Indiana          |                       |                       |
| Department of        |                       |                       |
| Education            |                       |                       |
| implemented a        |                       |                       |
| Student Test Number  |                       |                       |
| (STN) system         |                       |                       |
| beginning with the   |                       |                       |
| 2002-2003 school     |                       |                       |
| year. Data about     |                       |                       |
| student              |                       |                       |
| characteristics      |                       |                       |
| (subgroup            |                       |                       |
| membership),         |                       |                       |
| achievement, and     |                       |                       |
| enrollment are       |                       |                       |
| collected            |                       |                       |
| electronically       |                       |                       |
| through the STN      |                       |                       |
| system by assigning  |                       |                       |
| a unique number that |                       |                       |
| is associated with a |                       |                       |
| student throughout   |                       |                       |
| the student's        |                       |                       |
| academic career.     |                       |                       |
| Data, including days |                       |                       |
| of enrollment, are   |                       |                       |
| reported at the      |                       |                       |
| school level. This   |                       |                       |
| system will identify |                       |                       |
| achievement data for |                       |                       |
| students who have    |                       |                       |
| attended multiple    |                       |                       |
| corporations or      |                       |                       |
| multiple schools     |                       |                       |
| within a single      |                       |                       |
| corporation during   |                       |                       |
| any given school     |                       |                       |
| year.                |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Links to Supporting  |                       |                       |
| Evidence:            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Student Test Number |                       |                       |
| System](http         |                       |                       |
| ://www.doe.state.in. |                       |                       |
| us/stn/welcome.html) |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 3. State definition of AYP is based on expectations for
growth in student achievement that is continuous and substantial, such
that all students are proficient in reading/language arts and
mathematics no later than 2013-2014.**

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  How does the     | The State has a       | State definition does |
|     State's          | timeline for ensuring | not require all       |
|     definition of    | that all students     | students to achieve   |
|     adequate yearly  | will meet or exceed   | proficiency by        |
|     progress require | the State's           | 2013-2014.            |
|     all students to  | proficient level of   |                       |
|     be proficient in | academic achievement  | State extends the     |
|     reading/language | in reading/language   | timeline past the     |
|     arts and         | arts[^3] and          | 2013-2014 academic    |
|     mathematics by   | mathematics, not      | year.                 |
|     the 2013-2014    | later than 2013-2014. |                       |
|     academic year?   |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The State Board of   |                       |                       |
| Education has        |                       |                       |
| adopted the ESEA     |                       |                       |
| Goals and            |                       |                       |
| Indicators,          |                       |                       |
| including the        |                       |                       |
| expectation that, by |                       |                       |
| 2013-2014, all       |                       |                       |
| students will reach  |                       |                       |
| high standards, at a |                       |                       |
| minimum attaining    |                       |                       |
| proficiency or       |                       |                       |
| better in            |                       |                       |
| reading/language     |                       |                       |
| arts and             |                       |                       |
| mathematics.         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| The State Board of   |                       |                       |
| Education rule       |                       |                       |
| incorporating AYP    |                       |                       |
| into the state       |                       |                       |
| accountability       |                       |                       |
| system was adopted   |                       |                       |
| on March 6, 2003.    |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Links to Supporting  |                       |                       |
| Evidence:            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-7](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Adequate Yearly     |                       |                       |
| Progress)            |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 2.  How does the     | For a public school   | State uses different  |
|     State            | and LEA to make       | method for            |
|     Accountability   | adequate yearly       | calculating how       |
|     System determine | progress, each        | public schools and    |
|     whether each     | student subgroup must | LEAs make AYP.        |
|     student          | meet or exceed the    |                       |
|     subgroup, public | State annual          |                       |
|     school and LEA   | measurable            |                       |
|     makes AYP?       | objectives, each      |                       |
|                      | student subgroup must |                       |
|                      | have at least a 95%   |                       |
|                      | participation rate in |                       |
|                      | the statewide         |                       |
|                      | assessments, and the  |                       |
|                      | school must meet the  |                       |
|                      | State's requirement   |                       |
|                      | for other academic    |                       |
|                      | indicators.           |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | However, if in any    |                       |
|                      | particular year the   |                       |
|                      | student subgroup does |                       |
|                      | not meet those annual |                       |
|                      | measurable            |                       |
|                      | objectives, the       |                       |
|                      | public school or LEA  |                       |
|                      | may be considered to  |                       |
|                      | have made AYP, if the |                       |
|                      | percentage of         |                       |
|                      | students in that      |                       |
|                      | group who did not     |                       |
|                      | meet or exceed the    |                       |
|                      | proficient level of   |                       |
|                      | academic achievement  |                       |
|                      | on the State          |                       |
|                      | assessments for that  |                       |
|                      | year decreased by 10% |                       |
|                      | of that percentage    |                       |
|                      | from the preceding    |                       |
|                      | public school year;   |                       |
|                      | that group made       |                       |
|                      | progress on one or    |                       |
|                      | more of the State's   |                       |
|                      | academic indicators;  |                       |
|                      | and that group had at |                       |
|                      | least 95%             |                       |
|                      | participation rate on |                       |
|                      | the statewide         |                       |
|                      | assessment.           |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND STATE ACTIVITIES FOR MEETING REQUIREMENTS**      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| The [Student Test Number                                              |
| System](http://www.doe.state.in.us/stn/welcome.html) captures all     |
| required data. The State Board of Education rule, adopted on March 6, |
| 2003, includes a requirement that, for a public school and school     |
| corporation to make adequate yearly progress, each student subgroup   |
| must meet or exceed the State annual measurable objectives, each      |
| student subgroup must have at least a 95% participation rate in the   |
| statewide assessments, and the school must meet the State's           |
| requirement for other academic indicators. If in any particular year  |
| a student subgroup does not meet those annual measurable objectives,  |
| the public school or LEA may be considered to have made AYP if the    |
| percentage of students in that group who did not meet or exceed the   |
| proficient level of academic achievement on the State assessments for |
| that year decreased by 10% of that percentage from the preceding      |
| public school year; that group made progress on one or more of the    |
| State's academic indicators; and that group had at least 95%          |
| participation rate on the statewide assessment.                       |
|                                                                       |
| [Links to Supporting Evidence]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| [511 Indiana Administrative Code                                      |
| 6.2-7](http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/T05110/A00062.PDF?)          |
| (Adequate Yearly Progress)                                            |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 3.2a What is the     | Using data from the   | The State             |
| State's starting     | 2001-2002 school      | Accountability System |
| point for            | year, the State       | uses a different      |
| calculating Adequate | established separate  | method for            |
| Yearly Progress?     | starting points in    | calculating the       |
|                      | reading/language arts | starting point (or    |
|                      | and mathematics for   | baseline data).       |
|                      | measuring the         |                       |
|                      | percentage of         |                       |
|                      | students meeting or   |                       |
|                      | exceeding the State's |                       |
|                      | proficient level of   |                       |
|                      | academic achievement. |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | Each starting point   |                       |
|                      | is based, at a        |                       |
|                      | minimum, on the       |                       |
|                      | higher of the         |                       |
|                      | following percentages |                       |
|                      | of students at the    |                       |
|                      | proficient level: (1) |                       |
|                      | the percentage in the |                       |
|                      | State of proficient   |                       |
|                      | students in the       |                       |
|                      | lowest-achieving      |                       |
|                      | student subgroup; or, |                       |
|                      | (2) the percentage of |                       |
|                      | proficient students   |                       |
|                      | in a public school at |                       |
|                      | the 20^th^ percentile |                       |
|                      | of the State's total  |                       |
|                      | enrollment among all  |                       |
|                      | schools ranked by the |                       |
|                      | percentage of         |                       |
|                      | students at the       |                       |
|                      | proficient level.     |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | A State may use these |                       |
|                      | procedures to         |                       |
|                      | establish separate    |                       |
|                      | starting points by    |                       |
|                      | grade span; however,  |                       |
|                      | the starting point    |                       |
|                      | must be the same for  |                       |
|                      | all like schools      |                       |
|                      | (e.g., one same       |                       |
|                      | starting point for    |                       |
|                      | all elementary        |                       |
|                      | schools, one same     |                       |
|                      | starting point for    |                       |
|                      | all middle            |                       |
|                      | schools...).          |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND STATE ACTIVITIES FOR MEETING REQUIREMENTS**      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ESEA provides that "data for the 2001-2002 school year" shall be used |
| to define the starting point for the accountability system. Indiana's |
| ISTEP+ test is given in the fall, determines mastery of the previous  |
| year's standards, and is the appropriate measure of value added to    |
| the student's achievement level by the previous school. The data that |
| measure achievement for the 2001-2002 school year are the 2002 test   |
| results. These data were used as the state's starting point.          |
|                                                                       |
| Indiana implemented new, more rigorous Academic Standards in the Fall |
| 2002 ISTEP+ tests at Grades 3, 6, 8. Vertical scaling tests were      |
| given at Grades 4, 5, 7, 9. The Fall 2004 tests were given in Grades  |
| 3 through 10, and the new, more rigorous Academic Standards were      |
| incorporated into the Grade 10 test, which serves as the Graduation   |
| Qualifying Examination, in 2004.                                      |
|                                                                       |
| The formula for calculating the starting point is included in the     |
| State Board of Education rule.                                        |
|                                                                       |
| [Links to Supporting Evidence]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| [511 Indiana Administrative Code                                      |
| 6.2-7](http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/T05110/A00062.PDF?)          |
| (Adequate Yearly Progress)                                            |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 2.  What are the     | State has annual      | The State             |
|     State's annual   | measurable objectives | Accountability System |
|     measurable       | that are consistent   | uses another method   |
|                      | with a state's        | for calculating       |
| > objectives for     | intermediate goals    | annual measurable     |
| > determining        | and that identify for | objectives.           |
| > adequate yearly    | each year a minimum   |                       |
| > progress?          | percentage of         | The State             |
|                      | students who must     | Accountability System |
|                      | meet or exceed the    | does not include      |
|                      | proficient level of   | annual measurable     |
|                      | academic achievement  | objectives.           |
|                      | on the State's        |                       |
|                      | academic assessments. |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | The State's annual    |                       |
|                      | measurable objectives |                       |
|                      | ensure that all       |                       |
|                      | students meet or      |                       |
|                      | exceed the State's    |                       |
|                      | proficient level of   |                       |
|                      | academic achievement  |                       |
|                      | within the timeline.  |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | The State's annual    |                       |
|                      | measurable objectives |                       |
|                      | are the same          |                       |
|                      | throughout the State  |                       |
|                      | for each public       |                       |
|                      | school, each LEA, and |                       |
|                      | each subgroup of      |                       |
|                      | students.             |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The State Board of   |                       |                       |
| Education amended    |                       |                       |
| its rules on March   |                       |                       |
| 6, 2003, to          |                       |                       |
| incorporate AYP into |                       |                       |
| the state            |                       |                       |
| accountability       |                       |                       |
| system. The rule     |                       |                       |
| includes the         |                       |                       |
| following annual     |                       |                       |
| measurable           |                       |                       |
| objectives for the   |                       |                       |
| minimum percentage   |                       |                       |
| of students who must |                       |                       |
| meet the PASS level  |                       |                       |
| on ISTEP+.           |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| ![](media            |                       |                       |
| /image3.wmf){width=" |                       |                       |
| 5.997916666666667in" |                       |                       |
| height="3            |                       |                       |
| .765972222222222in"} |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| ![](media            |                       |                       |
| /image4.wmf){width=" |                       |                       |
| 5.997916666666667in" |                       |                       |
| height="3            |                       |                       |
| .765972222222222in"} |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Links to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Ev                   |                       |                       |
| idence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-7](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Adequate Yearly     |                       |                       |
| Progress)            |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 3.2c What are the    | State has established | The State uses        |
| State's intermediate | intermediate goals    | another method for    |
| goals for            | that increase in      | calculating           |
| determining adequate | equal increments over | intermediate goals.   |
| yearly progress?     | the period covered by |                       |
|                      | the State timeline.   | The State does not    |
|                      |                       | include intermediate  |
|                      | -   The first         | goals in its          |
|                      |     incremental       | definition of         |
|                      |     increase takes    | adequate yearly       |
|                      |     effect not later  | progress.             |
|                      |     than the          |                       |
|                      |     2004-2005         |                       |
|                      |     academic year.    |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | -   Each following    |                       |
|                      |     incremental       |                       |
|                      |     increase occurs   |                       |
|                      |     within three      |                       |
|                      |     years.            |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The State Board of   |                       |                       |
| Education rule,      |                       |                       |
| adopted on March 6,  |                       |                       |
| 2003, incorporates   |                       |                       |
| intermediate goals   |                       |                       |
| for the minimum      |                       |                       |
| percentage of        |                       |                       |
| students achieving   |                       |                       |
| PASS level on        |                       |                       |
| ISTEP+. The          |                       |                       |
| intermediate goals,  |                       |                       |
| visually illustrated |                       |                       |
| in the previous      |                       |                       |
| section, require     |                       |                       |
| equal increases in:  |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| 2004-2005            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| 2007-2008            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| 2010-2011            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| 2011-2012            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| 2012-2013            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Links to Supporting  |                       |                       |
| Evidence:            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-7](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Adequate Yearly     |                       |                       |
| Progress)            |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 4. State makes annual decisions about the achievement of all
public schools and LEAs.**

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | ## EXAMPLES FOR       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+=====================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  How does the    | AYP decisions for     | AYP decisions for     |
|     State           | each public school    | public schools and    |
|     Accountability  | and LEA are made      | LEAs are not made     |
|     System make an  | annually.[^4]         | annually.             |
|     annual          |                       |                       |
|     determination   |                       |                       |
|     of whether each |                       |                       |
|     public school   |                       |                       |
|     and LEA in the  |                       |                       |
|     State made AYP? |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Beginning with      |                       |                       |
| 2001-2002 data, AYP |                       |                       |
| determinations were |                       |                       |
| made annually based |                       |                       |
| on the ESEA AYP     |                       |                       |
| definition.         |                       |                       |
| Beginning with the  |                       |                       |
| 2003-04 data, AYP   |                       |                       |
| determinations have |                       |                       |
| been made based on  |                       |                       |
| the higher of the   |                       |                       |
| current performance |                       |                       |
| or an average of    |                       |                       |
| the three previous  |                       |                       |
| years' performance. |                       |                       |
| State               |                       |                       |
| accountability      |                       |                       |
| decisions under IC  |                       |                       |
| 20-31-8 and 511 IAC |                       |                       |
| 6.2 are made        |                       |                       |
| annually, beginning |                       |                       |
| with 2004-2005      |                       |                       |
| data, based on the  |                       |                       |
| current performance |                       |                       |
| level and a         |                       |                       |
| three-year rolling  |                       |                       |
| average for the     |                       |                       |
| improvement         |                       |                       |
| measure.            |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Links to           |                       |                       |
| Supporting          |                       |                       |
| Evi                 |                       |                       |
| dence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code       |                       |                       |
| 20-31-8](htt        |                       |                       |
| p://www.in.gov/legi |                       |                       |
| slative/ic/code/tit |                       |                       |
| le20/ar31/ch8.html) |                       |                       |
| (Assessing          |                       |                       |
| Improvement)        |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana        |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code |                       |                       |
| 6.2                 |                       |                       |
| -7](http://www.in.g |                       |                       |
| ov/legislative/iac/ |                       |                       |
| T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Adequate Yearly    |                       |                       |
| Progress)           |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 5. All public schools and LEAs are held accountable for the
achievement of individual subgroups.**

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+=====================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  How does the    | Identifies subgroups  | State does not        |
|     definition of   | for defining adequate | disaggregate data by  |
|     adequate yearly | yearly progress:      | each required student |
|     progress        | economically          | subgroup.             |
|     include all the | disadvantaged, major  |                       |
|     required        | racial and ethnic     |                       |
|     student         | groups, students with |                       |
|     subgroups?      | disabilities, and     |                       |
|                     | students with limited |                       |
|                     | English proficiency.  |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | Provides definition   |                       |
|                     | and data source of    |                       |
|                     | subgroups for         |                       |
|                     | adequate yearly       |                       |
|                     | progress.             |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The State Board of  |                       |                       |
| Education amended   |                       |                       |
| its rules on March  |                       |                       |
| 6, 2003, to include |                       |                       |
| all required        |                       |                       |
| student subgroups   |                       |                       |
| in the AYP          |                       |                       |
| definition. Data    |                       |                       |
| are collected       |                       |                       |
| through the Student |                       |                       |
| Test Number system. |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Links to           |                       |                       |
| Supporting          |                       |                       |
| Evi                 |                       |                       |
| dence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana        |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code |                       |                       |
| 6.2                 |                       |                       |
| -7](http://www.in.g |                       |                       |
| ov/legislative/iac/ |                       |                       |
| T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Adequate Yearly    |                       |                       |
| Progress)           |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Student Test       |                       |                       |
| Number              |                       |                       |
| System](http:/      |                       |                       |
| /www.doe.state.in.u |                       |                       |
| s/stn/welcome.html) |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+=====================+=======================+=======================+
| 2.  How are public  | Public schools and    | State does not        |
|     schools and     | LEAs are held         | include student       |
|     LEAs held       | accountable for       | subgroups in its      |
|     accountable for | student subgroup      | State Accountability  |
|     the progress of | achievement:          | System.               |
|     student         | economically          |                       |
|     subgroups in    | disadvantaged, major  |                       |
|     the             | ethnic and racial     |                       |
|     determination   | groups, students with |                       |
|     of adequate     | disabilities, and     |                       |
|     yearly          | limited English       |                       |
|     progress?       | proficient students.  |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The State Board of  |                       |                       |
| Education's rule    |                       |                       |
| (adopted on March   |                       |                       |
| 6, 2003) provides   |                       |                       |
| that each student   |                       |                       |
| subgroup must meet  |                       |                       |
| annual objectives   |                       |                       |
| in English and      |                       |                       |
| mathematics for a   |                       |                       |
| school or school    |                       |                       |
| corporation to make |                       |                       |
| adequate yearly     |                       |                       |
| progress. Students  |                       |                       |
| are considered      |                       |                       |
| members of the      |                       |                       |
| subgroup so long as |                       |                       |
| they meet criteria  |                       |                       |
| for subgroup        |                       |                       |
| membership.         |                       |                       |
| Students with       |                       |                       |
| disabilities are    |                       |                       |
| defined under       |                       |                       |
| section 602(3) of   |                       |                       |
| the Individuals     |                       |                       |
| with Disabilities   |                       |                       |
| Education Act.      |                       |                       |
| Limited English     |                       |                       |
| proficient students |                       |                       |
| will be included    |                       |                       |
| until they score at |                       |                       |
| the proficient      |                       |                       |
| level on our test   |                       |                       |
| of English          |                       |                       |
| proficiency for two |                       |                       |
| consecutive years.  |                       |                       |
| This is consistent  |                       |                       |
| with Section        |                       |                       |
| 9101(25) of the     |                       |                       |
| NCLB Act which      |                       |                       |
| includes, as a part |                       |                       |
| of the definition   |                       |                       |
| of limited English  |                       |                       |
| proficient:         |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| > \...an individual |                       |                       |
| > whose             |                       |                       |
| > difficulties in   |                       |                       |
| > speaking,         |                       |                       |
| > reading, writing, |                       |                       |
| > or understanding  |                       |                       |
| > the English       |                       |                       |
| > language may be   |                       |                       |
| > sufficient to     |                       |                       |
| > deny the          |                       |                       |
| > individual ---    |                       |                       |
| >                   |                       |                       |
| > \(I\) the ability |                       |                       |
| > to meet the       |                       |                       |
| > State\'s          |                       |                       |
| > proficient level  |                       |                       |
| > of achievement on |                       |                       |
| > State assessments |                       |                       |
| > described in      |                       |                       |
| > section           |                       |                       |
| > 1111(b)(3);       |                       |                       |
| >                   |                       |                       |
| > \(ii\) the        |                       |                       |
| > ability to        |                       |                       |
| > successfully      |                       |                       |
| > achieve in        |                       |                       |
| > classrooms where  |                       |                       |
| > the language of   |                       |                       |
| > instruction is    |                       |                       |
| > English; or       |                       |                       |
| >                   |                       |                       |
| > \(iii\) the       |                       |                       |
| > opportunity to    |                       |                       |
| > participate fully |                       |                       |
| > in society.       |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Indiana believes    |                       |                       |
| scoring at the      |                       |                       |
| proficient level    |                       |                       |
| two consecutive     |                       |                       |
| years is evidence   |                       |                       |
| that students have  |                       |                       |
| overcome            |                       |                       |
| difficulties in     |                       |                       |
| speaking, reading,  |                       |                       |
| writing, or         |                       |                       |
| understanding the   |                       |                       |
| English language.   |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| For purposes of     |                       |                       |
| calculating AYP,    |                       |                       |
| limited English     |                       |                       |
| proficient students |                       |                       |
| will be included in |                       |                       |
| the LEP subgroup    |                       |                       |
| for two years after |                       |                       |
| those students are  |                       |                       |
| no longer           |                       |                       |
| considered to be    |                       |                       |
| limited English     |                       |                       |
| proficient. Such    |                       |                       |
| students will not   |                       |                       |
| be included when    |                       |                       |
| determining if the  |                       |                       |
| LEP subgroup meets  |                       |                       |
| the minimum         |                       |                       |
| subgroup membership |                       |                       |
| for inclusion in    |                       |                       |
| AYP calculations.   |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Indiana will       |                       |                       |
| include the scores  |                       |                       |
| of students who     |                       |                       |
| were formerly       |                       |                       |
| categorized as      |                       |                       |
| students with       |                       |                       |
| disabilities in AYP |                       |                       |
| calculations for    |                       |                       |
| the students with   |                       |                       |
| disabilities        |                       |                       |
| subgroup, as        |                       |                       |
| permitted by 34 CFR |                       |                       |
| Section 200.20(f)   |                       |                       |
| and described in    |                       |                       |
| Part C of the       |                       |                       |
| Department's        |                       |                       |
| guidance on         |                       |                       |
| Additional Title I  |                       |                       |
| Provisions included |                       |                       |
| in the Regulations  |                       |                       |
| Package on Modified |                       |                       |
| Academic            |                       |                       |
| Achievement         |                       |                       |
| Standards.]{.mark}  |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Links to           |                       |                       |
| Supporting          |                       |                       |
| Evi                 |                       |                       |
| dence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana        |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code |                       |                       |
| 6.2                 |                       |                       |
| -7](http://www.in.g |                       |                       |
| ov/legislative/iac/ |                       |                       |
| T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Adequate Yearly    |                       |                       |
| Progress)           |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+=====================+=======================+=======================+
| 3.  How are         | All students with     | The State             |
|     students with   | disabilities          | Accountability System |
|     disabilities    | participate in        | or State policy       |
|     included in the | statewide             | excludes students     |
|     State's         | assessments: general  | with disabilities     |
|     definition of   | assessments with or   | from participating in |
|     adequate yearly | without               | the statewide         |
|     progress?       | accommodations or an  | assessments.          |
|                     | alternate assessment  |                       |
|                     | based on grade level  | State cannot          |
|                     | standards for the     | demonstrate that      |
|                     | grade in which        | alternate assessments |
|                     | students are          | measure grade-level   |
|                     | enrolled.             | standards for the     |
|                     |                       | grade in which        |
|                     | State demonstrates    | students are          |
|                     | that students with    | enrolled.             |
|                     | disabilities are      |                       |
|                     | fully included in the |                       |
|                     | State Accountability  |                       |
|                     | System.               |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| All students with   |                       |                       |
| disabilities        |                       |                       |
| participate in      |                       |                       |
| ISTEP+, with        |                       |                       |
| accommodations if   |                       |                       |
| necessary, unless   |                       |                       |
| the Individual      |                       |                       |
| Education Plan      |                       |                       |
| specifically states |                       |                       |
| otherwise. For      |                       |                       |
| those not able to   |                       |                       |
| participate in      |                       |                       |
| ISTEP+, as          |                       |                       |
| documented in the   |                       |                       |
| IEP, the State has  |                       |                       |
| developed ISTAR, an |                       |                       |
| alternative         |                       |                       |
| assessment that     |                       |                       |
| allows the teacher  |                       |                       |
| and student to      |                       |                       |
| demonstrate student |                       |                       |
| achievement against |                       |                       |
| IEP goals,          |                       |                       |
| including academic  |                       |                       |
| standards.          |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| ISTAR was designed  |                       |                       |
| in the broader      |                       |                       |
| context of          |                       |                       |
| instructional       |                       |                       |
| accountability,     |                       |                       |
| connecting          |                       |                       |
| standards-based     |                       |                       |
| classroom           |                       |                       |
| assessments to      |                       |                       |
| appropriate         |                       |                       |
| prescriptive        |                       |                       |
| instruction.        |                       |                       |
| Assessment elements |                       |                       |
| have been drawn     |                       |                       |
| from the indicators |                       |                       |
| provided within the |                       |                       |
| Indiana academic    |                       |                       |
| standards.          |                       |                       |
| Continuums of these |                       |                       |
| elements were       |                       |                       |
| organized and       |                       |                       |
| extended to include |                       |                       |
| functional          |                       |                       |
| achievement         |                       |                       |
| indicators. The     |                       |                       |
| resulting master    |                       |                       |
| map of student      |                       |                       |
| progress includes   |                       |                       |
| measures in the     |                       |                       |
| domains of          |                       |                       |
| mathematics,        |                       |                       |
| English/language    |                       |                       |
| arts, and           |                       |                       |
| functional          |                       |                       |
| achievement.        |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Students who        |                       |                       |
| participate in      |                       |                       |
| ISTEP are included  |                       |                       |
| in reporting and    |                       |                       |
| accountability      |                       |                       |
| determinations.     |                       |                       |
| Students with       |                       |                       |
| disabilities who    |                       |                       |
| participate in      |                       |                       |
| ISTAR, as           |                       |                       |
| determined by the   |                       |                       |
| case conference     |                       |                       |
| committee, and      |                       |                       |
| whose achievement   |                       |                       |
| is measured against |                       |                       |
| grade level         |                       |                       |
| academic standards  |                       |                       |
| are included in     |                       |                       |
| reporting and       |                       |                       |
| accountability      |                       |                       |
| determinations.     |                       |                       |
| (See Critical       |                       |                       |
| element 5.4 for     |                       |                       |
| description of the  |                       |                       |
| process to          |                       |                       |
| translate ISTAR     |                       |                       |
| results to ISTEP+   |                       |                       |
| scale score.        |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Indiana believes it |                       |                       |
| is appropriate to   |                       |                       |
| measure achievement |                       |                       |
| of students with    |                       |                       |
| the most severe     |                       |                       |
| disabilities, those |                       |                       |
| who participate in  |                       |                       |
| the alternate       |                       |                       |
| assessment, against |                       |                       |
| different standards |                       |                       |
| Students with the   |                       |                       |
| most significant    |                       |                       |
| cognitive           |                       |                       |
| disabilities will   |                       |                       |
| be included as      |                       |                       |
| proficient in AYP   |                       |                       |
| determinations      |                       |                       |
| based on alternate  |                       |                       |
| achievement         |                       |                       |
| standards as long   |                       |                       |
| as the number of    |                       |                       |
| those proficient    |                       |                       |
| scores does not     |                       |                       |
| exceed one percent  |                       |                       |
| of all students in  |                       |                       |
| the grades          |                       |                       |
| assessed. The one   |                       |                       |
| percent cap is not  |                       |                       |
| applied to school   |                       |                       |
| AYP determination.  |                       |                       |
| A school            |                       |                       |
| corporation may     |                       |                       |
| submit, and the     |                       |                       |
| state may approve,  |                       |                       |
| a request to exceed |                       |                       |
| the one percent cap |                       |                       |
| for school          |                       |                       |
| corporation AYP     |                       |                       |
| determinations if   |                       |                       |
| the school          |                       |                       |
| corporation: (1)    |                       |                       |
| documents that the  |                       |                       |
| incidence of        |                       |                       |
| students with the   |                       |                       |
| most significant    |                       |                       |
| cognitive           |                       |                       |
| disabilities        |                       |                       |
| exceeds one percent |                       |                       |
| of all students in  |                       |                       |
| the grades          |                       |                       |
| assessed; (2)       |                       |                       |
| provides an         |                       |                       |
| explanation for the |                       |                       |
| incidence rate that |                       |                       |
| satisfies state     |                       |                       |
| established         |                       |                       |
| criteria for        |                       |                       |
| exceeding the one   |                       |                       |
| percent cap; and    |                       |                       |
| (3) documents that  |                       |                       |
| the school          |                       |                       |
| corporation is      |                       |                       |
| addressing the      |                       |                       |
| requirements of 34  |                       |                       |
| CFR                 |                       |                       |
| 200.6(a)(2)(iii).   |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| For tests           |                       |                       |
| administered in     |                       |                       |
| 2004-2005,          |                       |                       |
| 2005-2006,          |                       |                       |
| 2006-2007, [and     |                       |                       |
| 2007-2008]{.mark},  |                       |                       |
| Indiana will employ |                       |                       |
| Transition Option 1 |                       |                       |
| announced by the    |                       |                       |
| Secretary of        |                       |                       |
| Education on May    |                       |                       |
| 10, 2005, and       |                       |                       |
| February 7, 2007,   |                       |                       |
| [and by the         |                       |                       |
| Assistant Secretary |                       |                       |
| on November 19,     |                       |                       |
| 2007]{.mark}.       |                       |                       |
| Indiana will        |                       |                       |
| calculate a proxy   |                       |                       |
| to determine the    |                       |                       |
| percentage of       |                       |                       |
| special education   |                       |                       |
| students (as        |                       |                       |
| defined in the      |                       |                       |
| Individuals with    |                       |                       |
| Disabilities        |                       |                       |
| Education Act) that |                       |                       |
| is equivalent to    |                       |                       |
| 2.0 percent of all  |                       |                       |
| students assessed.  |                       |                       |
| For this year only, |                       |                       |
| this proxy will     |                       |                       |
| then be added to    |                       |                       |
| the percent of      |                       |                       |
| students with       |                       |                       |
| disabilities who    |                       |                       |
| are proficient.     |                       |                       |
| This adjusted       |                       |                       |
| percent proficient  |                       |                       |
| is what Indiana     |                       |                       |
| will use to         |                       |                       |
| determine if a      |                       |                       |
| school made AYP.    |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| To determine the    |                       |                       |
| proxy, Indiana will |                       |                       |
| divide 2.0 by the   |                       |                       |
| percentage of       |                       |                       |
| students who have   |                       |                       |
| disabilities. This  |                       |                       |
| number, 14.0        |                       |                       |
| percent, equates to |                       |                       |
| 2.0 percent of the  |                       |                       |
| total number of     |                       |                       |
| students assessed   |                       |                       |
| within the State    |                       |                       |
| solely within the   |                       |                       |
| SWD subgroup. This  |                       |                       |
| number will be a    |                       |                       |
| constant for every  |                       |                       |
| school and will be  |                       |                       |
| the basis for AYP   |                       |                       |
| determinations.     |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Indiana will        |                       |                       |
| identify all        |                       |                       |
| schools that did    |                       |                       |
| not make AYP solely |                       |                       |
| on the basis of the |                       |                       |
| SWD subgroup and    |                       |                       |
| the proficiency     |                       |                       |
| rate of those       |                       |                       |
| students in each    |                       |                       |
| school. The         |                       |                       |
| adjusted percent    |                       |                       |
| proficient for each |                       |                       |
| school\'s SWD       |                       |                       |
| subgroup is equal   |                       |                       |
| to the sum of the   |                       |                       |
| actual percent of   |                       |                       |
| proficient scores   |                       |                       |
| of this subgroup    |                       |                       |
| plus 14.0 percent.  |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Indiana will        |                       |                       |
| compare this        |                       |                       |
| adjusted percent    |                       |                       |
| proficient for each |                       |                       |
| school State\'s     |                       |                       |
| annual measurable   |                       |                       |
| objective (AMO).    |                       |                       |
| This comparison     |                       |                       |
| will be conducted   |                       |                       |
| without the use of  |                       |                       |
| the confidence      |                       |                       |
| interval included   |                       |                       |
| in making AYP       |                       |                       |
| determinations.     |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| If the adjusted     |                       |                       |
| proficiency rate    |                       |                       |
| for the school\'s   |                       |                       |
| SWD subgroup meets  |                       |                       |
| or exceeds the      |                       |                       |
| State\'s AMO, the   |                       |                       |
| school will be      |                       |                       |
| considered to have  |                       |                       |
| made AYP.           |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| This process will   |                       |                       |
| be followed for     |                       |                       |
| reading and         |                       |                       |
| mathematics         |                       |                       |
| separately and      |                       |                       |
| repeated at the     |                       |                       |
| district level.     |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| The actual percent  |                       |                       |
| proficient will be  |                       |                       |
| reported to parents |                       |                       |
| and the public.     |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Links to           |                       |                       |
| Supporting          |                       |                       |
| Evi                 |                       |                       |
| dence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [ISTEP Program      |                       |                       |
| Man                 |                       |                       |
| ual](http://www.doe |                       |                       |
| .state.in.us/istep/ |                       |                       |
| ProgramManual.html) |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Standards  |                       |                       |
| Tool for Alternate  |                       |                       |
| Reporting](https:   |                       |                       |
| //ican.doe.state.in |                       |                       |
| .us/beta/index.php) |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana        |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code |                       |                       |
| 7](http://www.in.g  |                       |                       |
| ov/legislative/iac/ |                       |                       |
| T05110/A00070.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Special Education) |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+=====================+=======================+=======================+
| 4.  How are         | All LEP student       | LEP students are not  |
|     students with   | participate in        | fully included in the |
|     limited English | statewide             | State Accountability  |
|     proficiency     | assessments: general  | System.               |
|     included in the | assessments with or   |                       |
|     State's         | without               |                       |
|     definition of   | accommodations or a   |                       |
|     adequate yearly | native language       |                       |
|     progress?       | version of the        |                       |
|                     | general assessment    |                       |
|                     | based on grade level  |                       |
|                     | standards.            |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | State demonstrates    |                       |
|                     | that LEP students are |                       |
|                     | fully included in the |                       |
|                     | State Accountability  |                       |
|                     | System.               |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| All limited English |                       |                       |
| proficient (LEP)    |                       |                       |
| students            |                       |                       |
| participate in      |                       |                       |
| statewide           |                       |                       |
| assessments.        |                       |                       |
| Indiana cannot      |                       |                       |
| legally offer       |                       |                       |
| foreign language    |                       |                       |
| versions of ISTEP+. |                       |                       |
| Students will be    |                       |                       |
| assessed on ISTEP+  |                       |                       |
| in English.         |                       |                       |
| Accommodations are  |                       |                       |
| provided on ISTEP+  |                       |                       |
| if necessary.       |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| []{.mark}           |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| For LEP students    |                       |                       |
| who are in their    |                       |                       |
| first year of       |                       |                       |
| enrollment in a     |                       |                       |
| U.S. school,        |                       |                       |
| schools are not     |                       |                       |
| required to assess  |                       |                       |
| those students on   |                       |                       |
| the                 |                       |                       |
| English/language    |                       |                       |
| arts test. Such     |                       |                       |
| students will be    |                       |                       |
| included as         |                       |                       |
| participating when  |                       |                       |
| calculating the     |                       |                       |
| required            |                       |                       |
| participation rate  |                       |                       |
| in English/language |                       |                       |
| arts if they are    |                       |                       |
| assessed on the     |                       |                       |
| English language    |                       |                       |
| proficiency         |                       |                       |
| assessment. Such    |                       |                       |
| students must be    |                       |                       |
| assessed against    |                       |                       |
| academic content    |                       |                       |
| standards in        |                       |                       |
| mathematics, but    |                       |                       |
| the scores of the   |                       |                       |
| students will not   |                       |                       |
| be included in AYP  |                       |                       |
| calculations. Such  |                       |                       |
| students also must  |                       |                       |
| participate in the  |                       |                       |
| science assessment  |                       |                       |
| if they are         |                       |                       |
| enrolled in a grade |                       |                       |
| at which science is |                       |                       |
| tested.             |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Links to           |                       |                       |
| Supporting          |                       |                       |
| Evi                 |                       |                       |
| dence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [ISTEP Program      |                       |                       |
| Man                 |                       |                       |
| ual](http://www.doe |                       |                       |
| .state.in.us/istep/ |                       |                       |
| ProgramManual.html) |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 5.  What is the     | State defines the     | State does not define |
|     State\'s        | number of students    | the required number   |
|     definition of   | required in a         | of students in a      |
|     the minimum     | subgroup for          | subgroup for          |
|     number of       | reporting and         | reporting and         |
|     students in a   | accountability        | accountability        |
|     subgroup        | purposes, and applies | purposes.             |
|     required for    | this definition       |                       |
|     reporting       | consistently across   | Definition is not     |
|     purposes? For   | the State.[^5]        | applied consistently  |
|     accountability  |                       | across the State.     |
|     purposes?       | Definition of         |                       |
|                     | subgroup will result  | Definition does not   |
|                     | in data that are      | result in data that   |
|                     | statistically         | are statistically     |
|                     | reliable.             | reliable.             |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The State Board of  |                       |                       |
| Education           |                       |                       |
| accountability rule |                       |                       |
| includes the        |                       |                       |
| following minimum   |                       |                       |
| number of students  |                       |                       |
| for subgroup        |                       |                       |
| reporting and       |                       |                       |
| accountability:     |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| 10 students for     |                       |                       |
| reporting           |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| 30 students, with a |                       |                       |
| test of statistical |                       |                       |
| significance, for   |                       |                       |
| subgroups           |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Links to           |                       |                       |
| Supporting          |                       |                       |
| Evi                 |                       |                       |
| dence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana        |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code |                       |                       |
| 6.2                 |                       |                       |
| -7](http://www.in.g |                       |                       |
| ov/legislative/iac/ |                       |                       |
| T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Adequate Yearly    |                       |                       |
| Progress)           |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 6.  How does the    | Definition does not   | Definition reveals    |
|     State           | reveal personally     | personally            |
|     Accountability  | identifiable          | identifiable          |
|     System protect  | information.[^6]      | information.          |
|     the privacy of  |                       |                       |
|     students when   |                       |                       |
|     reporting       |                       |                       |
|     results and     |                       |                       |
|     when            |                       |                       |
|     determining     |                       |                       |
|     AYP?            |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Student information |                       |                       |
| sent through the    |                       |                       |
| Student Test Number |                       |                       |
| (STN) system is     |                       |                       |
| secure. For         |                       |                       |
| accountability      |                       |                       |
| purposes the STN    |                       |                       |
| system requires     |                       |                       |
| that a test number, |                       |                       |
| with accompanying   |                       |                       |
| student             |                       |                       |
| characteristics, be |                       |                       |
| associated with     |                       |                       |
| test results. A     |                       |                       |
| student's name is   |                       |                       |
| not needed.         |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| The State Board of  |                       |                       |
| Education's         |                       |                       |
| accountability rule |                       |                       |
| provides that       |                       |                       |
| percentages close   |                       |                       |
| to 100% will be     |                       |                       |
| reported as "more   |                       |                       |
| than 95%."          |                       |                       |
| Percentages close   |                       |                       |
| to 0% will be       |                       |                       |
| reported as "less   |                       |                       |
| than 5%."           |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Link to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Evi                 |                       |                       |
| dence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Student Test       |                       |                       |
| Number              |                       |                       |
| System](http:/      |                       |                       |
| /www.doe.state.in.u |                       |                       |
| s/stn/welcome.html) |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana        |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code |                       |                       |
| 6.2                 |                       |                       |
| -7](http://www.in.g |                       |                       |
| ov/legislative/iac/ |                       |                       |
| T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Adequate Yearly    |                       |                       |
| Progress)           |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 6. State definition of AYP is based primarily on the State's
academic assessments.**

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | ## EXAMPLES FOR       | ## EXAMPLES OF        |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  How is the       | Formula for AYP shows | Formula for AYP shows |
|     State's          | that decisions are    | that decisions are    |
|     definition of    | based primarily on    | based primarily on    |
|     adequate yearly  | assessments.[^7]      | non-academic          |
|     progress based   |                       | indicators or         |
|     primarily on     | Plan clearly          | indicators other than |
|     academic         | identifies which      | the State             |
|     assessments?     | assessments are       | assessments.          |
|                      | included in           |                       |
|                      | accountability.       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Indiana Code         |                       |                       |
| 20-31-8-1 provides   |                       |                       |
| that results from    |                       |                       |
| ISTEP+ and other     |                       |                       |
| academic assessments |                       |                       |
| are the primary      |                       |                       |
| means of determining |                       |                       |
| improvement. State   |                       |                       |
| Board rules 511 IAC  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-6-2 through 511  |                       |                       |
| IAC 6.2-6-6 describe |                       |                       |
| how the assessments  |                       |                       |
| are used.            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Links to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Ev                   |                       |                       |
| idence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-31-8](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar31/ch8.html) |                       |                       |
| (Assessing           |                       |                       |
| Improvement)         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-6](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Assessing School    |                       |                       |
| Improvement and      |                       |                       |
| Performance)         |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

PRINCIPLE 7. State definition of AYP includes graduation rates for
public High schools and an additional indicator selected by the State
for public Middle and public Elementary schools (such as attendance
rates).

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1.  What is the      | State definition of   | State definition of   |
|     State definition | graduation rate:      | public high school    |
|     for the public   |                       | graduation rate does  |
|     high school      | -   Calculates the    | not meet these        |
|     graduation rate? |     percentage of     | criteria.             |
|                      |     students,         |                       |
|                      |     measured from the |                       |
|                      |     beginning of the  |                       |
|                      |     school year, who  |                       |
|                      |     graduate from     |                       |
|                      |     public high       |                       |
|                      |     school with a     |                       |
|                      |     regular diploma   |                       |
|                      |     (not including a  |                       |
|                      |     GED or any other  |                       |
|                      |     diploma not fully |                       |
|                      |     aligned with the  |                       |
|                      |     state's academic  |                       |
|                      |     standards) in the |                       |
|                      |     standard number   |                       |
|                      |     of years; or,     |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | -   Uses another more |                       |
|                      |     accurate          |                       |
|                      |     definition that   |                       |
|                      |     has been approved |                       |
|                      |     by the Secretary; |                       |
|                      |     and               |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | -   Must avoid        |                       |
|                      |     counting a        |                       |
|                      |     dropout as a      |                       |
|                      |     transfer.         |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | Graduation rate is    |                       |
|                      | included (in the      |                       |
|                      | aggregate) for AYP,   |                       |
|                      | and disaggregated (as |                       |
|                      | necessary) for use    |                       |
|                      | when applying the     |                       |
|                      | exception clause[^8]  |                       |
|                      | to make AYP.          |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-26-13](h          |                       |                       |
| ttp://www.in.gov/leg |                       |                       |
| islative/ic/code/tit |                       |                       |
| le20/ar26/ch13.html) |                       |                       |
| defines graduation   |                       |                       |
| rate as the          |                       |                       |
| percentage of        |                       |                       |
| students who         |                       |                       |
| graduate within four |                       |                       |
| years or less with a |                       |                       |
| regular high school  |                       |                       |
| diploma. GED         |                       |                       |
| recipients are not   |                       |                       |
| included as          |                       |                       |
| graduates. Dropouts  |                       |                       |
| are not counted as   |                       |                       |
| transfers.           |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Data are collected   |                       |                       |
| on an individual     |                       |                       |
| student basis        |                       |                       |
| through the [Student |                       |                       |
| Test Number          |                       |                       |
| System](http:        |                       |                       |
| //www.doe.state.in.u |                       |                       |
| s/stn/welcome.html). |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Data are collected   |                       |                       |
| by student           |                       |                       |
| subgroups.           |                       |                       |
| Graduation rate is   |                       |                       |
| included (in the     |                       |                       |
| aggregate) for AYP,  |                       |                       |
| and disaggregated    |                       |                       |
| (as necessary) for   |                       |                       |
| use when applying    |                       |                       |
| the exception clause |                       |                       |
| to make AYP.         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Links to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Ev                   |                       |                       |
| idence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-26-13](h          |                       |                       |
| ttp://www.in.gov/leg |                       |                       |
| islative/ic/code/tit |                       |                       |
| le20/ar26/ch13.html) |                       |                       |
| (Graduation Rate)    |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
|                     | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+=====================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  What is the     | State defines the     | State has not defined |
|     State's         | additional academic   | an additional         |
|     additional      | indicators, e.g.,     | academic indicator    |
|     academic        | additional State or   | for elementary and    |
|     indicator for   | locally administered  | middle schools.       |
|     public          | assessments not       |                       |
|     elementary      | included in the State |                       |
|     schools for the | assessment system,    |                       |
|     definition of   | grade-to-grade        |                       |
|     AYP? For public | retention rates or    |                       |
|     middle schools  | attendance rates.[^9] |                       |
|     for the         |                       |                       |
|     definition of   | An additional         |                       |
|     AYP?            | academic indicator is |                       |
|                     | included (in the      |                       |
|                     | aggregate) for AYP,   |                       |
|                     | and disaggregated (as |                       |
|                     | necessary) for use    |                       |
|                     | when applying the     |                       |
|                     | exception clause to   |                       |
|                     | make AYP.             |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| #####               |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| The State Board of  |                       |                       |
| Education           |                       |                       |
| accountability rule |                       |                       |
| identifies          |                       |                       |
| attendance rate as  |                       |                       |
| the additional      |                       |                       |
| indicator for       |                       |                       |
| elementary schools  |                       |                       |
| and middle schools. |                       |                       |
| An initial target   |                       |                       |
| rate of 95% also    |                       |                       |
| was established.    |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Attendance rate is  |                       |                       |
| defined under 511   |                       |                       |
| IAC 1-3-3 as the    |                       |                       |
| aggregate days of   |                       |                       |
| attendance in a     |                       |                       |
| school or school    |                       |                       |
| district divided by |                       |                       |
| the aggregate days  |                       |                       |
| of enrollment.      |                       |                       |
| Attendance          |                       |                       |
| information is      |                       |                       |
| collected by        |                       |                       |
| student subgroup    |                       |                       |
| through the         |                       |                       |
| [Student Test       |                       |                       |
| Number              |                       |                       |
| System](http://     |                       |                       |
| www.doe.state.in.us |                       |                       |
| /stn/welcome.html). |                       |                       |
| Attendance rate is  |                       |                       |
| included (in the    |                       |                       |
| aggregate) for AYP, |                       |                       |
| and disaggregated   |                       |                       |
| (as necessary) for  |                       |                       |
| use when applying   |                       |                       |
| the exception       |                       |                       |
| clause to make AYP. |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Links to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Evidence:           |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana        |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code |                       |                       |
| 1-3                 |                       |                       |
| -3](http://www.in.g |                       |                       |
| ov/legislative/iac/ |                       |                       |
| T05110/A00010.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Attendance and     |                       |                       |
| Membership          |                       |                       |
| Reporting)          |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana        |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code |                       |                       |
| 6.2                 |                       |                       |
| -7](http://www.in.g |                       |                       |
| ov/legislative/iac/ |                       |                       |
| T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Adequate Yearly    |                       |                       |
| Progress)           |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ##                  | **EXAMPLES FOR**      | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| ##                  | **MEETING             | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                     | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT |                       |                       |
+=====================+=======================+=======================+
| 2.  Are the State's | State has defined     | State has an academic |
|     academic        | academic indicators   | indicator that is not |
|     indicators      | that are valid and    | valid and reliable.   |
|     valid and       | reliable.             |                       |
|     reliable?       |                       | State has an academic |
|                     | State has defined     | indicator that is not |
|                     | academic indicators   | consistent with       |
|                     | that are consistent   | nationally recognized |
|                     | with nationally       | standards.            |
|                     | recognized standards, |                       |
|                     | if any.               | State has an academic |
|                     |                       | indicator that is not |
|                     |                       | consistent within     |
|                     |                       | grade levels.         |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE    |                       |                       |
| AND STATE           |                       |                       |
| ACTIVITIES FOR      |                       |                       |
| MEETING             |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**      |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| #####               |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Indiana's           |                       |                       |
| graduation rate     |                       |                       |
| definition is       |                       |                       |
| consistent with     |                       |                       |
| ESEA requirements.  |                       |                       |
| With the Student    |                       |                       |
| Test Number system, |                       |                       |
| the calculation     |                       |                       |
| will be reliable.   |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| Attendance is       |                       |                       |
| related to          |                       |                       |
| achievement.        |                       |                       |
| Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-31-5-4 requires  |                       |                       |
| schools to have     |                       |                       |
| goals for increases |                       |                       |
| in attendance       |                       |                       |
| rates. Under State  |                       |                       |
| Board rule 511 IAC  |                       |                       |
| 1-3-3, attendance   |                       |                       |
| is taken two times  |                       |                       |
| a day, and the      |                       |                       |
| attendance rate is  |                       |                       |
| calculated in       |                       |                       |
| half-day            |                       |                       |
| increments. Excused |                       |                       |
| absences are not    |                       |                       |
| recognized.         |                       |                       |
| Students are in     |                       |                       |
| attendance or they  |                       |                       |
| are not.            |                       |                       |
| Information is      |                       |                       |
| collected through   |                       |                       |
| the Student Test    |                       |                       |
| Number system and   |                       |                       |
| is reliable.        |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Link to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Evi                 |                       |                       |
| dence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code       |                       |                       |
| 20-26-13](http      |                       |                       |
| ://www.in.gov/legis |                       |                       |
| lative/ic/code/titl |                       |                       |
| e20/ar26/ch13.html) |                       |                       |
| (Graduation Rate)   |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code       |                       |                       |
| 20-31-5-4](htt      |                       |                       |
| p://www.in.gov/legi |                       |                       |
| slative/ic/code/tit |                       |                       |
| le20/ar31/ch5.html) |                       |                       |
| (Strategic and      |                       |                       |
| Continuous School   |                       |                       |
| Improvement and     |                       |                       |
| Achievement Plan)   |                       |                       |
|                     |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana        |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code |                       |                       |
| 1-3                 |                       |                       |
| -3](http://www.in.g |                       |                       |
| ov/legislative/iac/ |                       |                       |
| T05110/A00010.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Attendance and     |                       |                       |
| Membership          |                       |                       |
| Reporting)          |                       |                       |
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 8. AYP is based on reading/language arts and mathematics
achievement objectives.**

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1.  Does the state   | State AYP             | State AYP             |
|     measure          | determination for     | determination for     |
|     achievement in   | student subgroups,    | student subgroups,    |
|     reading/language | public schools and    | public schools and    |
|     arts and         | LEAs separately       | LEAs averages or      |
|     mathematics      | measures              | combines achievement  |
|     separately for   | reading/language arts | across                |
|     determining AYP? | and mathematics.      | reading/language arts |
|                      | [^10]                 | and mathematics.      |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | AYP is a separate     |                       |
|                      | calculation for       |                       |
|                      | reading/language arts |                       |
|                      | and mathematics for   |                       |
|                      | each group, public    |                       |
|                      | school, and LEA.      |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Achievement in       |                       |                       |
| English and          |                       |                       |
| mathematics is       |                       |                       |
| measured separately  |                       |                       |
| against defined      |                       |                       |
| standards and        |                       |                       |
| achievement levels   |                       |                       |
| for every school     |                       |                       |
| corporation. For     |                       |                       |
| state accountability |                       |                       |
| purposes (see 511    |                       |                       |
| IAC 6.2-6-4),        |                       |                       |
| subject areas are    |                       |                       |
| combined because     |                       |                       |
| students are         |                       |                       |
| expected to meet     |                       |                       |
| standards both in    |                       |                       |
| English and math.    |                       |                       |
| For determination of |                       |                       |
| AYP, each subject    |                       |                       |
| area will be         |                       |                       |
| considered           |                       |                       |
| separately in        |                       |                       |
| accordance with ESEA |                       |                       |
| and under the State  |                       |                       |
| Board of Education   |                       |                       |
| rule.                |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Data are collected   |                       |                       |
| for each school      |                       |                       |
| corporation, public  |                       |                       |
| school, and student  |                       |                       |
| subgroup.            |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Links to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Ev                   |                       |                       |
| idence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-6](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Assessing School    |                       |                       |
| Improvement and      |                       |                       |
| Performance)         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-7](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Adequate Yearly     |                       |                       |
| Progress)            |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 9. State Accountability System is statistically valid and
reliable.**

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  How do AYP       | State has defined a   | State does not have   |
|     determinations   | method for            | an acceptable method  |
|     meet the State's | determining an        | for determining       |
|     standard for     | acceptable level of   | reliability (decision |
|     acceptable       | reliability (decision | consistency) of       |
|     reliability?     | consistency) for AYP  | accountability        |
|                      | decisions.            | decisions, e.g., it   |
|                      |                       | reports only          |
|                      | State provides        | reliability           |
|                      | evidence that         | coefficients for its  |
|                      | decision consistency  | assessments.          |
|                      | is (1) within the     |                       |
|                      | range deemed          | State has parameters  |
|                      | acceptable to the     | for acceptable        |
|                      | State, and (2) meets  | reliability; however, |
|                      | professional          | the actual            |
|                      | standards and         | reliability (decision |
|                      | practice.             | consistency) falls    |
|                      |                       | outside those         |
|                      | State publicly        | parameters.           |
|                      | reports the estimate  |                       |
|                      | of decision           | State's evidence      |
|                      | consistency, and      | regarding             |
|                      | incorporates it       | accountability        |
|                      | appropriately into    | reliability (decision |
|                      | accountability        | consistency) is not   |
|                      | decisions.            | updated.              |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | State updates         |                       |
|                      | analysis and          |                       |
|                      | reporting of decision |                       |
|                      | consistency at        |                       |
|                      | appropriate           |                       |
|                      | intervals.            |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Indiana has created  |                       |                       |
| measures to ensure   |                       |                       |
| reliability at every |                       |                       |
| step of the          |                       |                       |
| accountability       |                       |                       |
| process. As          |                       |                       |
| documented in the    |                       |                       |
| technical report,    |                       |                       |
| ISTEP+ meets         |                       |                       |
| requirements for     |                       |                       |
| acceptable           |                       |                       |
| reliability. Parents |                       |                       |
| may have their       |                       |                       |
| child's test         |                       |                       |
| rescored on demand.  |                       |                       |
| (IC 20-32-5-9)       |                       |                       |
| Graduation           |                       |                       |
| Qualifying           |                       |                       |
| Examination tests    |                       |                       |
| are scored twice.    |                       |                       |
| Incorporating a test |                       |                       |
| of statistical       |                       |                       |
| significance         |                       |                       |
| (one-tailed binomial |                       |                       |
| test of significance |                       |                       |
| at the .01 level, or |                       |                       |
| at the .25 level in  |                       |                       |
| determining the      |                       |                       |
| decrease in          |                       |                       |
| percentage of        |                       |                       |
| students in a group  |                       |                       |
| who did not meet or  |                       |                       |
| exceed the           |                       |                       |
| proficient level of  |                       |                       |
| academic achievement |                       |                       |
| on the State         |                       |                       |
| assessments)         |                       |                       |
| increases confidence |                       |                       |
| in AYP decisions.    |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| In determining the   |                       |                       |
| percent of decrease  |                       |                       |
| in students          |                       |                       |
| performing below     |                       |                       |
| proficient, a        |                       |                       |
| positive only        |                       |                       |
| confidence interval  |                       |                       |
| shall be established |                       |                       |
| at the 0.75 level.   |                       |                       |
| The application of   |                       |                       |
| the confidence       |                       |                       |
| interval intends to  |                       |                       |
| assure greater       |                       |                       |
| reliability and      |                       |                       |
| validity of results  |                       |                       |
| when a school makes  |                       |                       |
| positive increases   |                       |                       |
| in student           |                       |                       |
| performance.         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| The State has        |                       |                       |
| incorporated         |                       |                       |
| findings from        |                       |                       |
| *Making Valid and    |                       |                       |
| Reliable Decisions   |                       |                       |
| in Determining       |                       |                       |
| Adequate Yearly      |                       |                       |
| Progress*, developed |                       |                       |
| by the Council of    |                       |                       |
| Chief State School   |                       |                       |
| Officers with        |                       |                       |
| financial support    |                       |                       |
| from the U.S.        |                       |                       |
| Department of        |                       |                       |
| Education. Annual    |                       |                       |
| technical reports    |                       |                       |
| are prepared and are |                       |                       |
| available. The then  |                       |                       |
| most current report  |                       |                       |
| was submitted as a   |                       |                       |
| part of the          |                       |                       |
| Standards and        |                       |                       |
| Assessment Peer      |                       |                       |
| Review.              |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Links to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Ev                   |                       |                       |
| idence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Indiana Code        |                       |                       |
| 20-32-5](            |                       |                       |
| http://www.in.gov/le |                       |                       |
| gislative/ic/code/ti |                       |                       |
| tle20/ar32/ch5.html) |                       |                       |
| (Indiana Statewide   |                       |                       |
| Testing for          |                       |                       |
| Educational          |                       |                       |
| Progress)            |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 2.  What is the      | State has established | State does not have a |
|     State\'s process | a process for public  | system for handling   |
|     for making valid | schools and LEAs to   | appeals of            |
|     AYP              | appeal an             | accountability        |
|     determinations?  | accountability        | decisions.            |
|                      | decision.             |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The State Board of   |                       |                       |
| Education            |                       |                       |
| accountability rule  |                       |                       |
| creates an appeal    |                       |                       |
| process that allows  |                       |                       |
| a school or school   |                       |                       |
| corporation to       |                       |                       |
| appeal its category  |                       |                       |
| placement based on   |                       |                       |
| objective factors    |                       |                       |
| the school considers |                       |                       |
| relevant because the |                       |                       |
| annual assessment    |                       |                       |
| data does not        |                       |                       |
| provide an accurate  |                       |                       |
| picture of school    |                       |                       |
| improvement and      |                       |                       |
| performance,         |                       |                       |
| including            |                       |                       |
| significant          |                       |                       |
| demographic changes  |                       |                       |
| in the student       |                       |                       |
| population, errors   |                       |                       |
| in data, or other    |                       |                       |
| significant issues.  |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Links to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Ev                   |                       |                       |
| idence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-6](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Assessing School    |                       |                       |
| Improvement and      |                       |                       |
| Performance)         |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF**       |
|                      | MEETING               |                       |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | ***NOT* MEETING       |
|                      |                       | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 3.  How has the      | State has a plan to   | State's transition    |
|     State planned    | maintain continuity   | plan interrupts       |
|     for              | in AYP decisions      | annual determination  |
|     incorporating    | necessary for         | of AYP.               |
|     into its         | validity through      |                       |
|     definition of    | planned assessment    | State does not have a |
|     AYP anticipated  | changes, and other    | plan for handling     |
|     changes in       | changes necessary to  | changes: e.g., to its |
|     assessments?     | comply fully with     | assessment system, or |
|                      | NCLB.[^11]            | the addition of new   |
|                      |                       | public schools.       |
|                      | State has a plan for  |                       |
|                      | including new public  |                       |
|                      | schools in the State  |                       |
|                      | Accountability        |                       |
|                      | System.               |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | State has a plan for  |                       |
|                      | periodically          |                       |
|                      | reviewing its State   |                       |
|                      | Accountability        |                       |
|                      | System, so that       |                       |
|                      | unforeseen changes    |                       |
|                      | can be quickly        |                       |
|                      | addressed.            |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The state owns all   |                       |                       |
| items for ISTEP+.    |                       |                       |
| Beginning with Fall  |                       |                       |
| 2002 test results,   |                       |                       |
| ISTEP+ used a        |                       |                       |
| continuous vertical  |                       |                       |
| scale. A linking     |                       |                       |
| study equated        |                       |                       |
| results from         |                       |                       |
| pre-2002 tests with  |                       |                       |
| the new tests. A     |                       |                       |
| similar process was  |                       |                       |
| followed when new,   |                       |                       |
| more rigorous        |                       |                       |
| academic standards   |                       |                       |
| were incorporated at |                       |                       |
| Grade 10. Changes in |                       |                       |
| ISTEP+, either to    |                       |                       |
| standards or test    |                       |                       |
| vendor will not      |                       |                       |
| prevent Indiana from |                       |                       |
| measuring progress.  |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Because a Student    |                       |                       |
| Test Number system   |                       |                       |
| is in place,         |                       |                       |
| baseline achievement |                       |                       |
| data for a new       |                       |                       |
| school are           |                       |                       |
| immediately          |                       |                       |
| available.           |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| A school is          |                       |                       |
| considered a \"new\" |                       |                       |
| school for           |                       |                       |
| accountability       |                       |                       |
| purposes if it meets |                       |                       |
| the following        |                       |                       |
| threshold criteria:\ |                       |                       |
| (1) a change of at   |                       |                       |
| least 50 percent of  |                       |                       |
| the student          |                       |                       |
| population from the  |                       |                       |
| previous year; or\   |                       |                       |
| (2) a change in      |                       |                       |
| grade configuration  |                       |                       |
| that involves at     |                       |                       |
| least 50 percent of  |                       |                       |
| the former grade     |                       |                       |
| levels, either by    |                       |                       |
| elimination or       |                       |                       |
| addition;\           |                       |                       |
| accompanied by       |                       |                       |
| significant change   |                       |                       |
| in educational       |                       |                       |
| philosophy or        |                       |                       |
| staffing.\           |                       |                       |
| \                    |                       |                       |
| The AYP history of   |                       |                       |
| the school is        |                       |                       |
| considered, and      |                       |                       |
| there must be no     |                       |                       |
| evidence that the    |                       |                       |
| change was made to   |                       |                       |
| avoid                |                       |                       |
| accountability.  The |                       |                       |
| preponderance of the |                       |                       |
| evidence must        |                       |                       |
| reasonably lead to   |                       |                       |
| the conclusion that  |                       |                       |
| comparisons cannot   |                       |                       |
| fairly be made to    |                       |                       |
| the previous year\'s |                       |                       |
| performance.  If at  |                       |                       |
| least 50 percent of  |                       |                       |
| the students in a    |                       |                       |
| \"new\" school would |                       |                       |
| have received        |                       |                       |
| Supplemental         |                       |                       |
| Educational Services |                       |                       |
| (SES) in the         |                       |                       |
| previous school, the |                       |                       |
| Indiana Department   |                       |                       |
| of Education         |                       |                       |
| requires the LEA to  |                       |                       |
| continue SES         |                       |                       |
| eligibility in the   |                       |                       |
| new school until it  |                       |                       |
| demonstrates AYP for |                       |                       |
| two consecutive      |                       |                       |
| years.               |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Links to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Ev                   |                       |                       |
| idence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-6](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Assessing School    |                       |                       |
| Improvement and      |                       |                       |
| Performance)         |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**PRINCIPLE 10. In order for a public school or LEA to make AYP, the
State ensures that it assessed at least 95% of the students enrolled in
each subgroup.**

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF\        |
|                      | MEETING               | *NOT* MEETING         |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 1.  What is the      | State has a procedure | The state does not    |
|     State\'s method  | to determine the      | have a procedure for  |
|     for calculating  | number of absent or   | determining the rate  |
|     participation    | untested students (by | of students           |
|     rates in the     | subgroup and          | participating in      |
|     State            | aggregate).           | statewide             |
|     assessments for  |                       | assessments.          |
|     use in AYP       | State has a procedure |                       |
|     determinations?  | to determine the      | Public schools and    |
|                      | denominator (total    | LEAs are not held     |
|                      | enrollment) for the   | accountable for       |
|                      | 95% calculation (by   | testing at least 95%  |
|                      | subgroup and          | of their students.    |
|                      | aggregate).           |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
|                      | Public schools and    |                       |
|                      | LEAs are held         |                       |
|                      | accountable for       |                       |
|                      | reaching the 95%      |                       |
|                      | assessed goal.        |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| For state tuition    |                       |                       |
| support purposes,    |                       |                       |
| State Board rules    |                       |                       |
| require school       |                       |                       |
| corporations to      |                       |                       |
| report student       |                       |                       |
| enrollment           |                       |                       |
| information (by      |                       |                       |
| Student Test Number) |                       |                       |
| on the second Friday |                       |                       |
| following Labor Day. |                       |                       |
| (511 IAC 1-3-1) The  |                       |                       |
| ISTEP+ testing       |                       |                       |
| period begins Monday |                       |                       |
| following the        |                       |                       |
| enrollment report.   |                       |                       |
| The tuition support  |                       |                       |
| data is collected on |                       |                       |
| the school day       |                       |                       |
| immediately          |                       |                       |
| preceding the        |                       |                       |
| testing period, and  |                       |                       |
| this count will      |                       |                       |
| serve as the         |                       |                       |
| denominator for      |                       |                       |
| calculating          |                       |                       |
| participation rates. |                       |                       |
| A school may exclude |                       |                       |
| a student from the   |                       |                       |
| participation rate   |                       |                       |
| calculation rate if  |                       |                       |
| the student cannot   |                       |                       |
| take ISTEP+ during   |                       |                       |
| the entire testing   |                       |                       |
| window due to a      |                       |                       |
| significant medical  |                       |                       |
| emergency documented |                       |                       |
| by a physician's     |                       |                       |
| statement.           |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| Schools also report  |                       |                       |
| data about students  |                       |                       |
| who participate in   |                       |                       |
| assessment by        |                       |                       |
| Student Test Number, |                       |                       |
| allowing the State   |                       |                       |
| to match assessment  |                       |                       |
| participation        |                       |                       |
| against enrollment   |                       |                       |
| and calculate a      |                       |                       |
| participation rate.  |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| The State Board's    |                       |                       |
| accountability rule  |                       |                       |
| includes 95%         |                       |                       |
| participation,       |                       |                       |
| determined           |                       |                       |
| independently for    |                       |                       |
| English and          |                       |                       |
| mathematics, as a    |                       |                       |
| requirement for      |                       |                       |
| meeting AYP goals.   |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| The participation    |                       |                       |
| rate used in AYP     |                       |                       |
| determinations is    |                       |                       |
| the higher of the    |                       |                       |
| current rate or the  |                       |                       |
| average of the       |                       |                       |
| current rate and the |                       |                       |
| rates from the two   |                       |                       |
| previous years.      |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 1-3](http://www.in   |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00010.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Attendance and      |                       |                       |
| Membership           |                       |                       |
| Reporting)           |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ## CRITICAL ELEMENT  | **EXAMPLES FOR\       | **EXAMPLES OF\        |
|                      | MEETING               | *NOT* MEETING         |
|                      | REQUIREMENTS**        | REQUIREMENTS**        |
+======================+=======================+=======================+
| 2.  What is the      | State has a policy    | State does not have a |
|     State\'s policy  | that implements the   | procedure for making  |
|     for determining  | regulation regarding  | this determination.   |
|     when the 95%     | the use of 95%        |                       |
|     assessed         | allowance when the    |                       |
|     requirement      | group is              |                       |
|     should be        | statistically         |                       |
|     applied?         | significant according |                       |
|                      | to State rules.       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **STATE RESPONSE AND |                       |                       |
| STATE ACTIVITIES FOR |                       |                       |
| MEETING              |                       |                       |
| REQUIREMENTS**       |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| The State Board of   |                       |                       |
| Education            |                       |                       |
| accountability rule  |                       |                       |
| requires at least    |                       |                       |
| 95% participation of |                       |                       |
| all students and all |                       |                       |
| students in          |                       |                       |
| identified subgroups |                       |                       |
| when the number of   |                       |                       |
| students is at least |                       |                       |
| 40. A group size     |                       |                       |
| smaller than 40      |                       |                       |
| would only permit    |                       |                       |
| one student to be    |                       |                       |
| absent and still     |                       |                       |
| meet the 95%         |                       |                       |
| requirement.         |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [Links to Supporting |                       |                       |
| Ev                   |                       |                       |
| idence]{.underline}: |                       |                       |
|                      |                       |                       |
| [511 Indiana         |                       |                       |
| Administrative Code  |                       |                       |
| 6.2-6](http://www.in |                       |                       |
| .gov/legislative/iac |                       |                       |
| /T05110/A00062.PDF?) |                       |                       |
| (Assessing School    |                       |                       |
| Improvement and      |                       |                       |
| Performance)         |                       |                       |
+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

# 

[^1]: System of State achievement standards will be reviewed by the
    Standards and Assessments Peer Review. The Accountability Peer
    Review will determine that achievement levels are used in
    determining AYP.

[^2]: The state must provide rewards and sanctions for all public
    schools and LEAs for making adequate yearly progress, except that
    the State is not required to hold schools and LEAs not receiving
    Title I funds to the requirements of section 1116 of NCLB
    \[§200.12(b)(40)\].

[^3]: If the state has separate assessments to cover its language arts
    standards (e.g., reading and writing), the State must create a
    method to include scores from all the relevant assessments.

[^4]: Decisions may be based upon several years of data and data may be
    averaged across grades within a public school \[§1111(b)(2)(J)\].

[^5]: The minimum number is not required to be the same for reporting
    and accountability.

[^6]: The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) prohibits an
    LEA that receives Federal funds from releasing, without the prior
    written consent of a student's parents, any personally identifiable
    information contained in a student's education record.

[^7]: State Assessment System will be reviewed by the Standards and
    Assessments Peer Review Team.

[^8]: See USC 6311(b)(2)(I)(i), and 34 C.F.R. 200.20(b)

[^9]: NCLB only lists these indicators as examples.

[^10]: If the state has more than one assessment to cover its language
    arts standards, the State must create a method for including scores
    from all the relevant assessments.

[^11]: Several events may occur which necessitate such a plan. For
    example, (1) the State may need to include additional assessments in
    grades 3-8 by 2005-2006; (2) the State may revise content and/or
    academic achievement standards; (3) the State may need to
    recalculate the starting point with the addition of new assessments;
    or (4) the State may need to incorporate the graduation rate or
    other indicators into its State Accountability System. These events
    may require new calculations of validity and reliability.