IREAD Administration and Timeline 5

Question 1

A retained third-grade student is placed back in third grade. How long does Indiana law allow a school to retain a student in third grade for IREAD-3 purposes?

Accepted Answer

Retention is limited to one additional year in third grade before promotion is required

Answer

Indiana policy generally limits IREAD-3-based retention to one additional year in third grade; students cannot be held back repeatedly solely for failing IREAD-3.

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the summer IREAD-3 administration?

Accepted Answer

To give students who failed the spring test an opportunity to demonstrate proficiency after summer interventions

Answer

The summer administration is designed for students who failed the spring IREAD-3 and have participated in summer reading programs or interventions to demonstrate improved proficiency.

Question 3

What is a 'portfolio exemption' in the context of IREAD-3 good cause exemptions?

Accepted Answer

A collection of student work showing reading proficiency that may exempt a student from retention

Answer

A portfolio exemption allows a student to demonstrate third-grade reading proficiency through a collection of classroom work and assessments in lieu of passing the IREAD-3 test score alone.

Question 4

Why is the spring IREAD-3 administration window scheduled relatively early in the school year (late February/March) rather than in May or June?

Accepted Answer

To allow time for summer interventions and retesting before the next school year begins

Answer

The early spring window ensures that failing scores are identified in time to arrange summer remediation programs and a summer retest before the following school year starts.

Question 5

Under Indiana's IREAD-3 policy, which of the following is NOT listed as a valid good cause exemption category?

Accepted Answer

Students who scored in the top 10% on a different state reading test

Answer

Scoring highly on a different reading test does not constitute a recognized good cause exemption category under Indiana's IREAD-3 statute.

(IREAD) Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination Practice Test

(IREAD) Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination Practice Test

IREAD Administration and Timeline 5