Selection and approval criteria

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: a. The vendor shares a statewide file with the state for use in the statewide longitudinal data system that consists of all school districts in the state that they serve. The data- sharing agreement would allow access to that school district's portion of the state file. b. The vendor shares individual school district files with the state for use in the statewide longitudinal data system. 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.