IADA
Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA)
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) includes in title I, part B of the ESEA a new demonstration authority under which an SEA or consortium of SEAs that meets certain application requirements may establish, operate, and evaluate an innovative assessment system, including for use in the statewide accountability system, with the goal of using the innovative assessment system after the demonstration authority ends to meet the academic assessment and statewide accountability system requirements under title I, part A of the ESEA.
The IADA will provide up to seven State educational agencies (SEAs), including consortia of SEAs, with the authority to establish and operate an innovative assessment system in its public schools. SEAs may apply to receive the IADA on an annual basis.
General Requirements for the IADA
- Final regulations for the IADA
- Federal Register Notice Inviting Applications (January 15, 2021)
- Application Package for Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority
(MS WORD) [260KB] — (PDF) [554KB] (Applications due March 16, 2021)
Institute of Education Sciences Evaluation Reports of the IADA
- Evaluating the Federal Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority: Early Implementation and Progress of State Efforts to Develop New Statewide Academic Assessments (April 27, 2023)—link to https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/2023004/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsflash
2020 State Applications for the IADA
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- Hawaii
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- Application
- Application Addendum (April 20, 2020)
- Peer Review Note
- State Interim Feedback Letter (April 10, 2020)
- State Addendum Response Letter (April 28, 2020)
- Revised Application (June 29, 2020)
- State Response Letter to Revised Application (August 12, 2020)
Indiana
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- Application
- Peer Review Notes
- State Interim Feedback Letter (April 10, 2020)
Massachusetts
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- Application
- Application Addendum (April 20, 2020)
- Peer Review Notes
- State Interim Feedback Letter (April 10, 2020)
- Approval Letter (April 22, 2020)
- 2020-21 Annual Performance Report (October 1, 2021)
- 2021-22 Annual Performance Report (September 29, 2022)
2019 State Applications for the IADA
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- Georgia
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- Application
- Application Addendum (May 31, 2019)
- Peer Review Notes
- State Interim Feedback Letter (March 8, 2019)
- Approval Letter (July 12, 2019)
- 2019-20 Annual Performance Report (September 1, 2020)
- 2020-21 Annual Performance Report (October 1, 2021)
- 2021-22 Annual Performance Report (September 29, 2022)
- Department letter acknowledging Georgia intent to withdraw from the IADA (March 23, 2023)
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- North Carolina
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- Application
- Application Addendum (May 8, 2019)
- Peer Review Notes
- State Interim Feedback Letter (March 8, 2019)
- Approval Letter (June 21, 2019)
- Secretary’s Statement Regarding Georgia’s and North Carolina’s IADA approvals (July 17, 2019)
- 2019-20 Annual Performance Report (September 1, 2020)
- 2020-21 Annual Performance Report (October 1, 2021)
- 2021-22 Annual Performance Report (September 29, 2022)
2018 State Applications for the IADA
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- Louisiana
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- Application
- Application Addendum (June 19, 2018)
- Peer Review Notes
- State Interim Feedback Letter
- Approval Letter (July 24, 2018)
- Secretary’s Statement Regarding Louisiana’s IADA approval (July 30, 2018)
- 2018-19 Annual Performance Report (September 1, 2019)
- 2019-20 Annual Performance Report (September 1, 2020)
- 2020-21 Annual Performance Report (October 1, 2021)
- 2021-22 Annual Performance Report (October 31, 2022)
New Hampshire
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- Application
- Application Addendum 1 (July 31, 2018)
- Application Addendum 2 (September 14, 2018)
- Peer Review Notes
- State Interim Feedback Letter
- Approval Letter (September 28, 2018)
- Secretary’s Statement Regarding New Hampshire’s IADA Approval (October 2, 2018)
- 2018-19 Annual Performance Report (October 18,2019)
- 2019-20 Annual Performance Report (September 18, 2020)
- 2020-21 Annual Performance Report (August 31, 2021)
- Letter indicating New Hampshire’s Intent to Withdraw from the IADA (March 9, 2022)
