(a) Before the 30th day of each school year, beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, every school district shall report, for each of its schools, all of the following to the State Board of Education, using a form developed by the State Board of Education:
         (1) Every reliable assessment that measures a certain
    
group or subset of students in the same manner with the same potential assessment items; is scored by a non-district entity; is administered either statewide or beyond Illinois, such as assessments available from the Northwest Evaluation Association, Scantron Performance Series assessments, Renaissance Learning’s STAR Reading Enterprise assessments, the College Board’s SAT, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate examinations, or ACT’s Educational Planning and Assessment System tests; and will be administered by each school that school year.
        (2) The administration window for each of these
    
assessments.
        (3) Which entity is requiring the assessment (State,
    
school district, network, or principal).
        (4) Which grade levels will be taking the assessment.
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 105 ILCS 5/22-82

  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

         (5) Which subsets of students, such as English
    
Learners and special education students, will be taking the assessment.
        (6) An estimate of the average time it will take a
    
student to complete the assessment.
        (7) If the results of the assessment are to be used
    
for purposes other than for guiding instruction, what the results of the assessment will be used for, such as for promotion, course placement, graduation, teacher evaluation, or school performance ratings.
    (b) The State Board of Education shall compile the information reported under subsection (a) of this Section for each school year and make that information available to the public. Each school shall also make that information publicly available to the parents and guardians of its students through the school district’s Internet website or distribution in paper form.
     (c) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this Section.
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