Section 281.31.9. Reporting assessment results.

         31.9(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.

         31.9(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 June 30 of the 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.

         31.9(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 June 30 of the 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.

         31.9(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 June 30 of the year in which the report cards were issued by the accredited correspondence school.

         31.9(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.