A link to the IDOE Assessment Windows web page has been added to Knowledge Hub > School Support Hub > Reporting Guides > Student Accommodations. You will find links to both the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 Assessment Windows, the 2025-2026 Indiana Assessments Policy Manual, and the 2025-2026 Accessibility and Accommodations for Statewide Assessments resources on this page.

Recently there has been a number of instances where STN/SPN merges have been necessary in order to cleanup newly created IDs when all that was necessary was an update to the existing ID. Guidance for requesting an update to an existing ID can be found in Knowledge Hub > Ed-ID Support Hub > How to Submit and Update Request. Please note that if an update is required to an SPN that has an LVIS account, the staff member must first log into the LVIS application and request an update. Once that update is completed in LVIS, it will be copied over to Ed-ID. You may also use this jotform link to request assistance from Educator Licensing. IDOE Licensing Self Help WebFormPreview

Office hours sessions are currently being scheduled with specific topics and open forum sessions. Please refer to the Calendar on the Upcoming Events page in Knowledge Hub. Office Hours sessions are offered on Tuesday and Thursday on certain weeks to accommodate Business Owner sessions on specific data sets.

Tuesday, 1/20/2026 - 10:30 - 12:00 pm ET - open forum

Tuesday, 1/27/2026 - 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET - open forum

The December 1, 2025, data certification for Special Education was successfully concluded on Friday, January 9. Our final certification percentage was 99.6% of schools signing off on their data. This is likely the highest percentage sign-off of any collection since the launch of Data Exchange in 2020. Thanks to all who invested so much time in learning the nuances of the new system integration with PowerSchool Special Programs. We are working with PowerSchool on a list of improvements and are also examining our Data Exchange processes so we can keep improving the efficiency of our data certification process. Wednesday, April 1, is the next census day for special education.

Please see this memo regarding fall and spring count days for the 2026-2027 school year. As a reminder, students who are enrolled and expected to be in attendance are eligible to be counted on count day and thus count for ADM. School corporations and charter schools are expected to plan to conduct school on count days, so that there is a reasonable expectation that the students will be in attendance. Questions can be directed to schoolfinance@doe.in.gov.

As some schools are impacted by winter weather, we wanted to remind you of the state statute regarding synchronous and asynchronous instructional days. Per statute, schools may have up to three asynchronous learning days each school year. Schools are not limited on the number of synchronous days. Districts are also able to make days up in person using their built in snow days. To the extent a district cannot make up a day via asynchronous instruction (i.e., power outage, etc.), please let us know and note that in the request. Contact the Indiana Department of Education’s (IDOE's) Office of School Accountability with any questions

The submission window for Alternative Education New Program Proposals for operation in the 2026-2027 school year that do not have a currently approved alternative education program is now open through March 31, 2026. The proposal link can be found here, under Documents and Resources. Currently approved alternative education programs that wish to establish a new alternative education program should consult with the IDOE’s Alternative Education Team for guidance. Contact IDOE’s Alternative Education Team with any questions. 

IDOE has added an additional accommodation for the I AM assessment identifier = Alternate Tester with both short and long description = Alternate Tester. You should be able to locate this in your vendor environment.

This ‘accommodation’ is only required when a student who is identified as an alternate test taker DOES NOT have or require any of the additional assessment accommodations for I AM. If IDOE finds any other I AM accommodations the student will be flagged as an alternate tester. This ‘accommodation’ cannot be managed by each LEAs CTC within the assessment vendor’s software. This ‘accommodation’ will be managed by IDOE and add a flag or indicator to the student for an alternate tester identification when IDOE provides those student/enrollment files to Cambium. This ‘accommodation’ is not needed if other I AM assessment accommodations are provided directly from the school or from PowerSchool Special Programs.

RECENTLY UPDATED: Change Log - find the Change Log in the School Support Hub to find guidance documentation that has been updated.

RECENTLY UPDATED: DEX Reporting in Development - find the DEX Reporting in Development log in the Communications Hub. This log is provided to inform schools of items that are currently under consideration, approved for development, in development, or deployed to DEX.

RECENTLY UPDATED: Known & Resolved Issues - find the Known & Resolved Issues log in the Communications Hub of Knowledge Hub. This log provides the status of Known Issues related to DEX reporting.