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2022-2023 Assessment Calendar

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Fall

Date	Assessment	Grade Levels
August 29 - September 23, 2022 (Make ups until September 30)	NWEA Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) Reading & Math Reading in Spanish Math (available in SP/Eng and administered in language of instruction) EL/DL/BL Accessibility and Accommodations Options	Grades 3 - 8 Dual Language 2-5 Span Bil Grade 6-8
August 29 - September 23, 2022 (Make ups until September 30) Grade levels bands should coordinate common testing windows	AIMSWEB Students Take the Full Reading Students Take the Full Reading & Math Battery Reading (*English & Spanish SORF) Math (in one language only) *****EL/DL students who are newcomers OR score less than a 2.0 on ACCESS or the MODEL Screener will not take the Aimsweb Reading Battery for their first benchmarking trimester. They will only take the Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Assessment. For subsequent benchmarks, the EL teacher and classroom teacher can determine if the Aimsweb Reading Battery would be appropriate for the students to take based on linguistic growth. EL teachers can administer the MODEL Screener reading portion to the student to determine reading growth.	Grade 2 Dual Language Grade 2
August 29 - September 23, 2022 (Make ups until September 30)	AIMSWEB (If <30% on NWEA) Students Take the Full Reading & Math Battery AIMSWEB math battery in Spanish for students who score <30% in NWEA	Grades 3-8 Dual Language Grade 2-5 Span Bil Grade 6-8 (as needed)
August 29 - September 23, 2022 (Make ups until September 30)	AIMSWEB Early Literacy & Early Numeracy K Literacy: Letter Naming Fluency, Auditory Vocabulary Fluency, Letter Word Sound Fluency K Spanish Literacy: Letter Naming fluency, Letter Sound Fluency, Syllable Segmentation Fluency (Spanish EC-4 in development) K Numeracy: Number Naming Fluency, Quantity Total Fluency, Concepts & Applications Dual Language: Test only in Spanish language, answers accepted in English and/or Spanish 1 Literacy: Nonsense Word Fluency, Word Reading Fluency, Oral Reading Fluency 1 Spanish Literacy: Syllable Reading Fluency, Oral Reading Fluency, 1 English Literacy: Only test Word Reading Fluency,Oral Reading Fluency 1 Numeracy: Math Fact Fluency 1 Digit, Number Comparison Fluency, Concepts and Applications Dual Language: Test only in Spanish language, answers accepted in English and/or Spanish	K - 1 (All Students) Dual Language K-1
August-October, 2022	Kindergarten Development Survey (KIDS)	Kindergarten
September 26 - October 18, 2022	Panorama SEL Survey (student/parent)	Grade K-8
October 11 - 29, 2022	Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)	Grade 5
September 26 - October 18, 2022	Teaching Strategies Gold	EC enrolled in the fall

District Formative/Instructional Assessments:

K-5 Writing Pre and Post On-demands by Unit
K-5 Reading Running Records *Varies by Grade Level

Winter

Date	Assessment	Grade Levels
January 3 - 27, 2023 - Being Discussed	Teaching Strategies Gold	EC enrolled after fall benchmark
January 9 - 20, 2023 (Make ups until January 27)	NWEA Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) Reading & Math Reading in Spanish Math (Available in SP/Eng and administered in language of instruction) EL/DL/BL Accessibility and Accommodations Options	Grades 3-8 Dual Language 2-5 Span Bil Grade 6-8
January 9 - 20, 2023 (Make ups until January 27)	AIMSWEB PLUS Early Literacy & Early Numeracy K Literacy: Letter Naming Fluency, Letter Word Sound Fluency K Spanish Literacy: Letter Naming fluency, Letter Sound Fluency, Syllable Segmentation Fluency, Syllable Reading Fluency ( (Spanish EC-4 in development) K Numeracy: Number Naming Fluency, Quantity Total Fluency, Concepts and Applications Dual Language: Test only in Spanish language, answers accepted in English and/or Spanish 1 Literacy: Words Reading Fluency, Oral Reading Fluency 1 Spanish Literacy: Syllable Reading Fluency, Oral Reading Fluency 1 English Literacy: Word Reading Fluency, Oral Reading Fluency 1 Numeracy: Math Fact Fluency 1 Digit, Number Comparison Fluency, Concepts and Applications Dual Language: Test only in Spanish language, answers accepted in English and/or Spanish	Grades K - 1 (All Students) Dual Language K-1
January 9 - 20, 2023 (Make ups until January 27)	AIMSWEB PLUS Students Take the Full Reading & Math Battery Reading (*English & Spanish SORF) Math (in one language only) *****EL/DL students who are newcomers OR score less than a 2.0 on ACCESS or the MODEL Screener will not take the Aimsweb Reading Battery for their first benchmarking trimester. They will only take the Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Assessment. For subsequent benchmarks, the EL teacher and classroom teacher can determine if the Aimsweb Reading Battery would be appropriate for the students to take based on linguistic growth. EL teachers can administer the MODEL Screener reading portion to the student to determine reading growth.	Grade 2 Dual Language Grade 2
January 9 - 20, 2023 (Make ups until January 27)	AIMSWEB PLUS (If <30% on NWEA) Students Take the Full Reading & Math Battery AIMSWEB math battery in Spanish for students who score <30% in NWEA	Grades 3 - 8 Dual Language Grade 3-5 Span Bil Grade 6-8 (as needed)
State: January 11-February 28th, 2023	Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners (ACCESS)	Grades K-8 students who qualify for EL services
January 9 - 27, 2023	Panorama SEL Survey (student/parent)	Grade K-8
March 6-March 24, 2023	Illinois Science Assessment (ISA)	Grades 5 and 8
March 15-May 10, 2023	Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM)	Grades 3-8

District Formative/Instructional Assessments:

K-5 Writing Pre and Post On-demands by Unit
K-5 Reading Running Records *Varies by Grade Level

Spring

Date	Assessment	Grade Levels
April 4-April 21, 2023	Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR)	Grades 3 - 8
April 24-May 5, 2023 (Make ups until May 12th)	Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)	Grade 2
May 1 - May 12, 2023 Being Discussed	Teaching Strategies Gold	All EC
May 1 - May 12, 2023 (Make ups until May 19)	NWEA Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) Reading & Math End-of-Course Algebra & Geometry Assessments NWEA Reading in Spanish Math (Available in SP/Eng and administered in language of instruction) EL/DL/BL Accessibility and Accommodations Options	Grades 3- 7 Dual Language 2-5 Span Bil Grade 6-7
May 1 - May 12, 2023 (Make ups until May 19)	AIMSWEB PLUS (If <30% on NWEA) Students Take the Full Reading & Math Battery AIMSWEB math battery in Spanish for students who score <30% in NWEA	Grades 3 - 8 Special Education Students with Reading/Math Goals Dual Language Grade 2-5 Span Bil Grade 6-8 (as needed)
May 1 - May 12, 2023 (Make ups until May 19)	AIMSWEB PLUS Students Take the Full Reading & Math Battery Reading (*English & Spanish SORF) Math (in one language only) *****EL/DL students who are newcomers OR score less than a 2.0 on ACCESS or the MODEL Screener will not take the Aimsweb Reading Battery for their first benchmarking trimester. They will only take the Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Assessment. For subsequent benchmarks, the EL teacher and classroom teacher can determine if the Aimsweb Reading Battery would be appropriate for the students to take based on linguistic growth. EL teachers can administer the MODEL Screener reading portion to the student to determine reading growth.	Grade 2 Dual Language Grade 2 Special Education Students with Reading/Math Goals
May 1 - May 12, 2023 (Make ups until May 19)	AIMSWEB PLUS Early Literacy & Early Numeracy K Literacy: Letter Naming Fluency, Letter Word Sound Fluency K Spanish Literacy: Letter Naming fluency, Letter Sound Fluency, Syllable Segmentation Fluency, Syllable Reading Fluency. (Spanish EC-4 in development) K Numeracy: Number Naming Fluency, Quantity Total Fluency, Concepts and Applications Dual Language: Test only in Spanish language, answers accepted in English and/or Spanish 1 Literacy: Words Reading Fluency, Oral Reading Fluency 1 Spanish Literacy: Syllable Reading Fluency, Oral Reading Fluency 1 English Literacy: Word Reading Fluency, Oral Reading Fluency 1 Numeracy: Math Fact Fluency 1 Digit, Number Comparison Fluency, Concepts and Applications Dual Language: Test only in Spanish language, answers accepted in English and/or Spanish	Grades K - 1 (All Students) Dual Language K-1
May 1 - May 19, 2023	Panorama SEL Survey (student only)	Grade K-8
May 11 - May 19, 2023	Dual only: EDL2 Spanish Reading Assessment	Dual Language Grade K-5

District Formative/Instructional Assessments:

K-5 Writing Pre and Post On-demands by Unit
K-5 Reading Running Records *Varies by Grade Level