Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 1 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS EVALUATION, RECOGNITION AND SUPERVISION › Subpart A - RECOGNITION REQUIREMENTS › Section 1.30 - State Assessment

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The State Superintendent of Education shall develop and
				  administer assessment instruments and other procedures in accordance with
				  Section 2-3.64a-5 of the School Code [
				  105 ILCS
				  5 ]. In addition, school districts shall collaborate
				  with the State Superintendent in the design and implementation of special
				  studies.
a) Development and
				Participation
1) Assessment instruments and
				procedures shall meet generally accepted standards of validity and reliability
				as stated in "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing" (2014),
				published by the American Educational Research Association, 1430 K St., N.W.,
				Suite 1200, Washington, D.C. 20005. (No later amendments to or editions of
				these standards are incorporated.)
2) Districts shall participate in special
				studies, tryouts, and/or pilot testing of these assessment procedures and
				instruments when one or more schools in the district are selected to do so by
				the State Superintendent.
3) A
				school shall generally be selected for participation in these special studies,
				tryouts and/or pilot testing no more than once every four years, except that
				participation may be required more frequently as needed to ensure sufficient
				sample size for validity.
4)
All pupils enrolled in a public or State-operated elementary school,
				secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
				board of control, a charter school operating in compliance with the Charter
				Schools Law
[
				105 ILCS
				5 /Art. 27A]
, a school operated by a regional
				office of education under Section 13A-3 of the School Code
[
				105 ILCS
				5/13A-3 ]
, or a public school administered by
				a local public agency or the Department of Human Services
and students
				receiving scholarships to attend nonpublic schools under the Invest in Kids Act
				[ 35 ILCS
				40 ] shall be required to participate in the State's
				accountability assessments, whether by taking the regular assessment, with or
				without accommodations, or by participating in the State's approved alternate
				assessment (Sections 2-3.25a and 2-3.64 of the School Code). Assessments in
				English/language arts and mathematics are administered annually in grades 3
				through 11, and, for science, in grades 5, 8 and at least once in high school.
A) Students who are served in any locked
				facility that has a State-assigned region/county/district/type/school (RCDTS)
				code, and students beyond the age of compulsory attendance whose programs do
				not culminate in the issuance of regular high school diplomas are not required
				to participate in the State's accountability assessment. Students with an IEP
				who receive an alternate diploma are required to participate in the State's
				accountability assessment during years of compulsory attendance. These students
				can be exempted only after participating in the State's final accountability
				assessment.
B) It is the
				responsibility of each district or other affected entity (e.g., nonpublic
				school or special education cooperative) to ensure that all students required
				to participate in the State's accountability assessment do so. (See also
				Section
				1.50.)
5) Each district or other affected
				entity shall ensure the availability of reasonable accommodations for
				participation in the State's accountability assessment by students with
				disabilities, as reflected in those students' IEPs, ISPs, or plans developed
				under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 USC 794) , or
				limited English proficiency.