(1)
Baseline evaluations. The baseline evaluation results of each
child subject to the baseline evaluation requirement of Iowa Code section
299A.4 and subrule 31.8(1) shall be reported by the child's parent, guardian,
or legal or actual custodian to the school district of residence of the child
by June 30 of the year in which the evaluation was taken.
The baseline evaluation shall serve only as data from which
subsequent progress shall be measured; the baseline evaluation alone is not an
indication of educational progress or a lack of progress.
(2)
Standardized tests. The
results of a standardized test taken by a child subject to the annual
assessment requirements shall be reported by the child's parent, guardian, or
legal or actual custodian to the district of residence of the child by August 1
of the year following the school year in which the test was taken. The results
shall be submitted either in original form or as a true and correct photocopy
of the original form as received from the agency responsible for scoring the
test, from which any test results not required under law may be
redacted.
(3)
Portfolio
assessments. The results of an assessment of a child's educational
portfolio made by a qualified Iowa licensed practitioner shall be submitted by
the portfolio evaluator to the child's parent, guardian, or legal or actual
custodian, who shall send a copy to the district of residence of the child by
August 1 of the year following the school year in which the assessment was
done.
The report may be in narrative form and shall include
assessments of the child's achievement and progress in the curriculum areas
including reading, language arts, and mathematics for children whose grade
level of study is fifth grade and below, and those subjects plus the additional
areas of science and social studies for students whose grade level of study is
sixth grade and above. The report shall include a statement as to whether the
child has demonstrated adequate progress in each of the areas of study. The
report shall be signed by the evaluator.
(4)
Report card from accredited
correspondence school. Report cards from an accredited correspondence
school shall be submitted by the child's parent, guardian, or legal or actual
custodian to the child's district of residence by August 1 of the year
following the school year in which the report cards were issued by the
accredited correspondence school.
(5)
Confidentiality of annual
assessments. The district shall maintain as any other confidential
education record the standardized testing, portfolio evaluation, and report
cards from an accredited correspondence school for each resident child subject
to annual assessment.
