North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 67 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of
Article 67-33 - Interim Assessment
Chapter 67-33-01 - State-Approved Interim Assessment List
Section 67-33-01-02 - Selection and approval criteria
Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
Any interim assessment vendor serving public school districts must meet the following criteria to be selected as a state-approved interim assessment vendor and placed on the state-approved interim assessment list. It is a shared responsibility between the interim assessment vendor and the school district to ensure that all kindergarten through tenth grade interim assessment data are being shared with the statewide longitudinal data system.
1. Interim assessment vendors must electronically share assessment data with the statewide longitudinal data system within thirty days of administering the assessments and in a format compatible with the statewide longitudinal data system. Interim assessment data sharing can occur in two different ways:
2. Interim assessment vendors must disclose if any large-scale student data breaches, related to their interim assessment products, have taken place in the previous three years. If there has been a large-scale data breach in the previous three years, the interim assessment vendor must explain the severity, number of students involved, and if any North Dakota schools or students were involved.
3. The interim assessment vendor must adhere to all state and federal student data privacy laws.
4. Interim assessment vendors must make training and support available to school districts on how to administer interim assessments.
5. Interim assessment vendors must publicly share their process and timeline to update and improve their interim assessment. Information to be shared includes a psychometric review for validity and reliability, by the vendor or outside evaluator, in relation to the North Dakota educational content standards.
General Authority: NDCC 15.1-21-17.1, 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 15.1-21-17.1