Assessments

ACCESS®  - Individual and group administered assessment designed to measure academic English proficiency relative to state learning standards K-8 Measures ELL students’ English proficiency levels and determines continued eligibility for ELL support services. January 9 – February 10

AIMSweb® -  Universal screening instrument used to identify students in need of supports; also used as a progress-monitoring tool for identified students receiving academic support interventions. K-5 Identifies students in need of academic support interventions and monitoring of their progress at specified intervals. 
August 29-September 9
January 9-20
April 30-May 11

DRA2® - An individually administered assessment designed to identify students’ reading levels.  Text level data used to form classroom instructional groups. K-8 Identifies students’ reading levels to form classroom instructional groups.  
January 4-25
May 2-23

Explore -  Group administered assessment that is used to assist students in developing an appropriate high school placement. 8 Identifies students’ content-area strengths and areas of growth along with post-high school career objectives.

ISAT - State assessment in Reading, Math, Science & Social Studies.   3-8 Measures students’ proficiency in meeting grade level Illinois learning standards. March 5-16

MAP® - Group administered adaptive assessment gives identifying data about students’ math and reading ability levels. Universal screening instrument used to identify students in need of support in grades 6-8. 3-8 Measures students’ academic growth in the areas of math and reading.  
September 6-20
November 28-December 16 (* 6-8 only)
April 23-May 18