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Assessment Overview

Golf School District 67 Assessments

Assessment

Grade(s)

Description/Purpose

Assessment Windows

NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)

2-8

Description

MAP is a computer adaptive assessment whose questions are aligned to Illinois Learning  Standards in the areas of Reading and Math.

Purpose

MAP generates information on student achievement, learning readiness, and growth over time. Test results are used in conjunction with other benchmarking and formative assessments to assist with a variety of instructional decisions; the identification of students in need of more intensive support or extended curricular opportunities, differentiation at the classroom and individual student levels, and to evaluate curriculum effectiveness.

Fall

Winter

Spring

Fastbridge

K-8

Description

Fastbridge Universal screening tools measure math (early numeracy, concepts and applications, number sense fluency) and reading (e.g., early literacy, oral and silent reading fluency, vocabulary, comprehension) skills.

Purpose

Similar to MAP, information from Fastbridge is used to inform tiered instructional decisions and pinpoint specific foundational skill weaknesses. Where appropriate, Fastbridge can further be used as a tool to monitor the progress of students in between benchmarking periods.   

Fall

Winter

Spring

Benchmark Assesment Testing(BAS)

K-4

Description

Teacher's most reliable resource to accurately and reliably identify each child’s instructional and independent reading levels according to the F&P Text Level Gradient™, A–Z and document their progress through one-on-one formative and summative assessments.

Purpose

The Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Systems provide teachers with precise tools and texts to observe and quantify specific reading behaviors, and then interpret and use that data to plan meaningful instruction.

Fall

Winter

Spring

 

 

Assessments Mandated by the Illinois State Board of Education

Assessment

Grade(s)

Description/Purpose

Assessment Windows

Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS)

K

Description

KIDS is an observational assessment tool designed to help teachers, administrators, and families better understand the developmental readiness of children entering Kindergarten. Skills assessed include, Approaches to Learning and Self-Regulation, Social and Emotional Development, Language and Literacy Development and Cognition, and Math.

Purpose

The data from KIDS will support the state of Illinois’ alignment of early childhood and elementary school systems, document the importance of birth-to-five programs in preparing children for elementary school, and enable the state to respond to district, school, teacher, and student needs over time.

Early Fall

ACCESS for English Language Learners

K-8

Description

The ACCESS test is a standards-based, criterion referenced assessment that is designed to measure English proficiency.  It assesses social and instructional English as well as the language associated with language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies within the school context across four language domains (speaking, listening, reading, and writing).  

Purpose

Results from the ACCESS test are used to determine English proficiency and the subsequent need for English learning supports and services at school. Students are tested annually until which point they have achieved a composite score of 4.8 and are considered to be English proficient.

Winter

Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) in ELA and Mathematics (formerly PARCC)

3-8

Description

The Illinois Assessment of Readiness is a standardized test that is administered to students across Illinois to measure student achievement on the Illinois Standards for Learning in the areas of English Language Arts (reading and writing) and Math.

Purpose

The results of the IAR are used primarily for accountability across the state of Illinois. The data from these assessments is also used to evaluate and make adjustments to the district’s core curriculum as it relates to the common core standards.

Spring

Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment (DLM-AA)

3-8

Description

The DLM-AA is an assessment that measures student achievement and skills in Math, ELA (reading and writing), and Science. The DLM-AA is geared towards students with disabilities who cannot readily access general state assessments such as the Illinois Assessment of Readiness or the Illinois Science Assessment even with accommodations. It is an individualized test designed given in short sections (testlets).  

Purpose

Students are assessed as to their ability to show what they know and can do as compared to learning statements of knowledge and skills called Essential Elements. Results clarify how students can reach academic targets that link to grade level expectations in ELA, math, and science.

Spring

Illinois Science Assessment (ISA)

5 & 8

Description

The ISA is an online assessment aligned to Illinois Learning Standards for Science, incorporating the next generation science standards (NGSS), which were adopted in 2014. Test Items are aligned to concepts of physical science, life science, earth/space science and engineering.

Purpose

Illinois learning standards in Science are designed to prepare students for postsecondary education and careers. The results of the ISA are used primarily for accountability across the state of Illinois with respect to meeting standards.

Spring