Section 511IAC6.2-10-1. Definitions

   The following definitions apply throughout this rule:

(1) "Accountable year" means the school year being assessed.

(2) "Achievement" means successful accomplishment of the proficiency goals established by the board.

(3) "Achievement gap" means the difference in academic performance between subgroups.

(4) "Advanced placement examination" or "AP exam" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-36-3-2.

(5) "Alternative assessment" means the alternative assessment instrument to the mandatory statewide annual assessment.

(6) "Annual measurable objective" means the percentage of students who must be proficient in English/language arts and mathematics in a given year.

(7) "Atypical school" means a school that lacks sufficient data points to calculate a final accountability category under this rule.

(8) "Board" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-18-2-19.

(9) "College and career readiness" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-19-2-14.5(a)(1).

(10) "College and career readiness assessment" means an assessment approved by the board to measure college and career readiness.

(11) "College and career readiness goal" means the goal established by the board for which a school receives full credit for college and career readiness.

(12) "College credit" means credit awarded by a postsecondary institution accredited by an agency recognized by the secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.

(13) "Cumulative aggregate" means the number of eligible students in the accountable year and in each school year immediately preceding the accountable year until the minimum student count necessary to award points under this rule is reached.

(14) "Department" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-18-2-3.

(15) "Eligible student" means a student who:

(A) was enrolled at the school for at least one hundred sixty-two (162) days in the accountable year;

(B) was tested on the mandatory statewide annual assessment, or the end of course assessment;

(C) was not a limited English proficient student who had been enrolled in schools in the United States for less than twelve (12) months; and

(D) obtained a valid test result.

(16) "English/language arts" means the subject area required to be tested under IC 20-32-5-2(1) on the mandatory statewide annual assessment.

(17) "Feeder school" means an elementary school having any combination of kindergarten, grade 1, or grade 2 only.

(18) "Grade" means data for a cohort of students who are at the same class level in the same year.

(19) "Grade 10 cohort" means the class of students who are in their second year of high school.

(20) "Grade 11 cohort" means the class of students who are in their third year of high school.

(21) "Grade span" means the range of grades within the same school.

(22) "Graduation cohort" means a class of students that is:

(A) considered to have entered grade 9 in the same year; and

(B) expected to graduate three (3) years after completing grade 9.

(23) "Graduation rate" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-26-13-6.

(24) "Growth domain" means the points awarded for scores of an eligible student on the mandatory statewide annual assessment administered in the accountable year, as compared with the scores of the same eligible student on the mandatory statewide annual assessment administered during the school year immediately preceding the accountable year.

(25) "Growth to proficiency" means the expected annual growth toward a target in English/language arts and mathematics, as established by the board under this rule.

(26) "Industry-recognized credential" means a certification or credential that is:

(A) developed or supported by business and industry to verify student mastery of technical skills competencies in an occupational area that aligns with Indiana's economic sectors; and

(B) approved by the department of workforce development.

(27) "International Baccalaureate examination" or "IB exam" means the examination created and administered by the International Baccalaureate, a nonprofit educational foundation headquartered at Route des Morillons 15, Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, CH-1218, Switzerland.

(28) "Limited English proficient" as set forth in the definition provided in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 20 U.S.C. 7801 (25) (2002), means an individual:

(A) who is three (3) through twenty-one (21) years of age;

(B) who is enrolled or preparing to enroll in an elementary or secondary school;

(C) who was not born in the United States or whose native language is a language other than English;

(D) who is a Native American or Alaska Native, or a native resident of the outlying areas and:

(i) comes from an environment where a language other than English has had a significant impact on the individual's level of English language proficiency; or

(ii) is migratory, whose native language is a language other than English, and who comes from an environment where a language other than English is dominant; and

(E) whose difficulties in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language may be sufficient to deny the individual:

(i) the ability to meet the state's proficient level of achievement on state assessments described in 20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(3);

(ii) the ability to successfully achieve in classrooms where the language of instruction is English; or

(iii) the opportunity to participate fully in society.

(29) "Mandatory statewide annual assessment" means the assessment required under IC 20-32-5-2 and any alternatives to that assessment.

(30) "Mathematics" means the subject area required to be tested under IC 20-32-5-2(2) on the mandatory statewide annual assessment.

(31) "Multiple measures domain" means the points awarded for additional criteria as determined by the board, apart from performance and growth, by which school accountability is determined.

(32) "Participation" means to complete and obtain a valid test result for the mandatory statewide annual assessment or the college and career readiness assessment option under this rule.

(33) "Participation rate" means the percentage of students enrolled in the tested grades at the time of test administrations who completed the mandatory statewide annual assessment or the percentage of eligible students who completed the college and career readiness assessment option under this rule.

(34) "Performance and growth category" means the letter grade awarded to a school or school corporation as determined by the results of the mandatory statewide annual assessment, and other criteria as set forth in this rule.

(35) "Performance domain" means the points awarded for the pass rate of eligible students on the English/language arts and mathematics portions of the mandatory statewide annual assessment.

(36) "Pupil enrollment" has the meaning of "enrollment" set forth in IC 20-26-13-3.

(37) "Rate of improvement" means the number of students who, for each subject, did not pass the mandatory statewide annual assessment by the end of grade 10 but passed the mandatory statewide annual assessment by the end of grade 12, divided by the number of graduates who did not pass the mandatory statewide annual assessment by the end of grade 10.

(38) "Receiving school" means an elementary school or a high school that has at least thirty (30) students who were enrolled in:

(A) a feeder school for at least one hundred sixty-two (162) days in the year preceding the year being assessed; and

(B) a receiving school for at least one hundred sixty-two (162) days in the year being assessed.

(39) "School" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-31-2-8.

(40) "School corporation" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-18-2-16.

(41) "School year" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-18-2-17.

(42) "Small school" means the following:

(A) An elementary school that has fewer than thirty (30) students who:

(i) were enrolled for at least one hundred sixty-two (162) days in the year being assessed;

(ii) were assessed on the mandatory statewide annual assessment in English/language arts and mathematics;

(iii) obtained a valid test result; and

(iv) were not excluded based on being a limited English proficient student that had been enrolled in school in the United States for less than twelve (12) months.

(B) A high school that:

(i) does not have data sufficient to calculate a score for grade 12; and

(ii) has fewer than thirty (30) students in the grade 10 cohort who were:

(AA) enrolled for at least one hundred sixty-two (162) days in the year being assessed;

(BB) tested on the mandatory statewide annual assessment;

(CC) obtained a valid test result; and

(DD) not excluded based on being a limited English proficient student that had been enrolled in school in the United States for less than twelve (12) months.

(43) "State college and career readiness factor" means the quotient of:

(A) the total achievable college and career readiness rate, one hundred percent (100%); and

(B) the annual college and career readiness goal for the state as established by the board.

(44) "State college and career readiness participation factor" means the quotient of:

(A) the total achievable college and career readiness rate, one hundred percent (100%); and

(B) the annual college and career readiness participation goal for the state as established by the board with sufficient notice to the graduation cohort.

(45) "Subgroup" means a group of at least thirty (30) eligible students that falls into at least one of the categories under 34 CFR sec. 200.13(b)(7)(ii) (2015).

(Indiana State Board of Education; 511 IAC 6.2-10-1; filed Jun 15, 2015, 3:46 p.m.: 20150715-IR-511140447FRA, eff Mar 1, 2016)