{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-20-32-5.1-18","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 20-32-5.1-18","heading":"Development of policies to improve assessment literacy","body":"Sec. 18. (a) The department, with the approval of the state board, shall develop and implement programs, policies, and procedures necessary to carry out this chapter to:\n(1) continuously improve teacher, student, parent, and community understanding of assessment results;\n(2) strategically use data and information from the assessment results to improve student growth and proficiency of all students;\n(3) instruct teachers and administrators on how formative assessment practices can be used on a daily basis during class instruction; and\n(4) if a through-year assessment program is administered as described in section 8 of this chapter, advise teachers and administrators on how through-year assessment practices can inform teaching and learning.\n(b) The department shall establish requirements for teacher preparation programs (as described in IC 20-28-3-1(b)) under IC 20-28-3 to improve assessment literacy skills to improve a teacher preparation program student's ability to strategically use data and information from assessment results to improve student growth and proficiency.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","ARTICLE 32. STUDENT STANDARDS, ASSESSMENTS, AND PERFORMANCE","Chapter 5.1. Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN) Program"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_20.html#20-32-5.1-18","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-08-01T01:34:30Z","sha256":"890f193d2a8d6d6eadf75ec924078ad42876faf2ac263160833fc7b09f6ff618","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-20-32-5.1-17","next":"us-in/ic-20-32-5.1-18.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}