2025-2026 Indiana Assessments Policy Manual - Participation, Testing Security, and Reporting

Oct 15, 2026

2025-2026 Indiana Assessments Policy Manual provides state-level policy guidance for administering major Indiana statewide assessments, defining eligibility, stakeholder responsibilities, and required procedures for test implementation. It covers participation rules, category-specific guidance for students, school setup as a testing site, and detailed assessment administration timelines. The manual also addresses scoring and reporting, requesting rescores, assessment results handling, and comprehensive test security requirements, including monitoring, secure materials, violations, fidelity/integrity expectations, and data forensic analysis.

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CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages44

Reading Time1 h 51 min

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Section 1: Participation Guidance

Section 2: Guidance for Specific Categories of Students

Section 3: School Set-Up As Testing Site

Section 4: Assessment Roles

Section 5: Test Administration

Section 6: Scoring and Reporting

Section 7: Test Security

Appendix A: Documents Pursuant to 511 IAC 5-5

Appendix B: Assessment Monitoring Checklist

Appendix C: Forms

Appendix D: Test Invalidation Guidance

Appendix E: Assessment User Roles and Responsibilities Checklist

Appendix F: Practice Test Guidance

Appendix G: Assessment Technology Policy

Appendix H: Material Return and Destruction Guidance

2025-2026 Indiana Assessments Policy Manual Introduction: How to Use the Indiana Assessments Policy Manual The 2025-2026 Indiana Assessments Policy Manual communicates established guidelines regarding appropriate test administration in Indiana for key stakeholders including educatorsand Test Coordinators.1 This document contains policy guidance and appendices that delineate specific aspects of test implementation, including test security protocol, reporting, and monitoring. The Indiana Assessments Policy Manual applies to all statewide assessments, including ILEARN, I AM, Digital SAT School Day, IREAD, NAEP, WIDA, ISPROUT, and IKRA unless otherwise noted. In addition,“corporation” includes traditional public schools, public charter schools, accredited non-public schools, and Choice schools, unless otherwise noted. All documents should be reviewed thoroughly to facilitate prompt access to information during test administration. The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) publishes the 2025-2026 Accessibility and Accommodations Information for Statewide Assessments document to further outline policy regarding specific universal and designated features, accommodations, and protocol for students receiving specific supports. General information is included in this manual, but specific guidance related to student needs is thoroughly addressed in the supplemental appendices and supporting documents available on IDOE’s Indiana Assessments Policy Manual webpage. 2025-2026 Statewide Assessment Updates Learn more about updates impacting statewide assessments following Indiana’s 2025 legislative session here. Table of Contents Section 1 : Participation Guidance 5 Section 2: Guidance for Specific Categories of Students 6 Part A: Foreign Exchange Students 6 Part B: Recently-Arrived English Learners ( RAELs) and Federal Flexibility 6 Part C: Students with Temporary Conditions that Affect Ability to Test 6 Part D: Students with Health-Related Concerns 7 Part E: Illness During Testing 7 Part F: Students with Medical Emergencies During Testing 8 Part G: Medical Exemption for Accountability 8 Part H: Testing Students at Alternate Sites 9 1 “Test Coordinators”, as used in this document, includes Corporation Test Coordinators (CTCs) , School Test Coordinators (STCs) , and Non-Public School Test Coordinators ( NPSTCs) . 2025-2026 Indiana Assessments Policy Manual Part I: Protocol for the Presence of Medical Support During Testing 12 Part J: Students with No Mode of Communication ( NMC) 13 Part K: Virtual Learners 14 Part L: Students Seeking Indiana Alternate Diploma 14 Section 3: School Set-Up As Testing Site 15 Part A: DOE Online 15 ● All CTC contact information listed in DOE Online is accurate; and 15 Part B: Moodle Test Coordinator Corner 15 Part C: Formal Staff Training and Testing Security and Integrity Agreement 15 Section 4: Assessment Roles 16 Part A: Corporation Test Coordinators 16 Part B: School Test Coordinators 18 Part C: Test Administrators 19 Part D: Proctors/ Hall and Room Monitors 21 Part E: Other School Staff 22 Part F: Other Staff Required for the Digital SAT School Day 23 Section 5: Test Administration 23 Part A: Alternative Approaches to Scheduling and Administration 23 Part B: Before Testing 24 Part C: During Testing 30 Part D: After Testing 34 Part E: Ancillary Materials and Resource Guidance 35 Section 6: Scoring and Reporting 38 Part A: Scoring Process of Open-Ended Assessment Items 38 Part B: Aggregate Test Results and Special Accommodations 38 Part C: Assessment Results 38 Part D: Requesting a Rescore of a Student’s Assessment 39 Section 7: Test Security 39 Part A: IDOE Monitoring of Test Administration 39 Part B: Overview 40 Part C: Secure Materials 41 Part D: Test Security Violations 41 Part E: Required Local Test Security Policy 42 Part F: Fidelity and Integrity – Requirements and Potential Consequences 44 Part G:

FAQs

What assessments does the 2025-2026 policy manual apply to?

It applies to all statewide assessments, including ILEARN, I AM, Digital SAT School Day, IREAD, NAEP, WIDA, ISPROUT, and IKRA, unless otherwise noted.

What participation requirements are addressed in Section 1?

Section 1 states that every full-time student in eligible Indiana school settings must participate in statewide assessments, and it outlines consequences and school-level procedures for managing students who refuse to participate.

What does the manual require regarding test security?

Section 7 covers monitoring, secure materials, test security violations, required local security policy, fidelity and integrity requirements and consequences, and data forensic analysis.

Oct 15, 2026

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