CHAPTER 7. LOCAL STUDENT DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT AND STUDENT PORTFOLIOS
IC 20-32-7
Chapter 7. Local Student Diagnostic Assessment and Student
Portfolios
IC 20-32-7-1
Children with disabilities; student diagnostic assessment
Sec. 1. A decision requiring a student who is a child with a
disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-2) to undergo a student
diagnostic assessment under this chapter or be retained at a particular
grade level shall be made in accordance with the student's
individualized education program and federal law.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.99-2007,
SEC.177.
IC 20-32-7-2
Authorization to administer assessments
Sec. 2. Each school may authorize the school's teachers to
administer student diagnostic assessments to allow the teachers to
make detailed individual assessments of the educational progress of
students in grade levels designated by the state board.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16.
IC 20-32-7-3
Optional student diagnostic tools
Sec. 3. The department shall make available to schools optional
student diagnostic tools such as actual assessment instruments or
computer banks containing appropriate essential skills items to assist
schools in implementing the diagnostic assessments.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16.
IC 20-32-7-4
Portfolio program
Sec. 4. After a governing body holds a public hearing on a
proposed portfolio program, the governing body may establish a
portfolio program to maintain a portfolio of a student's work at grade
levels designated by the governing body.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16.
IC 20-32-7-5
Guidelines for portfolio program
Sec. 5. The governing body shall develop guidelines for the
portfolio program, including guidelines governing the appropriate
contents of the portfolios.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16.
IC 20-32-7-6
Portfolio disclosure to prospective employer; consent
Sec. 6. Upon the written consent of:
(1) the student; or
(2) if the student is not emancipated, the student's parent;
the contents of the student's portfolio may be disclosed to a student's
prospective employer.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16.