Thursday, January 23, 2014

Assessment Shifts on the Horizon

It's difficult for anyone to keep track of which assessments will stay in the near future, but this handy chart may help:

                 Assessments and Grade Levels

ASSESSMENT (alphabetical order)
+ purpose or testing group
GRADE LEVELS at which assessment is given
+ when assessment will begin
ACCESS for ELLS & Alternate ACCESS for ELLs
English Language Learners
Achievement & Language Aquisition
K through 12
Alternate: 1-12
ACCESS 2.0 for ELLs
English Language Learners
K-12
(beginning in 2015-2016)
ACT Explore
9
(beginning in 2014-2015)
ACT Plan
10
(beginning in 2014-2015)
ACT & WorkKeys
11
(beginning in 2014-2015)
Dynamic Learning Maps
(1% of population; students with disabilities)
3 – 8 and 11
(beginning in 2014-2015)
NAEP
4, 8, and 12 – randomly selected WI schools
(current)
PALS
K4, K, 1, 2
(K4, K, 1 current)
(2 beginning in 2014-2015)
Smarter Balanced
3 through 8
(beginning in 2014-2015)
WKCE & WAA-SwD, ELA and Mathematics
3-8 and 10
(ends in 2013-2014)
WKCE & WAA-SwD, Social Studies and Science
4, 8 and 10
(current; continues in 2014-2015)

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