Bellefonte Area School District

2012- 2013 Assessment Calendar

 

Assessment

Grade Levels

Testing Date  /  Testing Window

ISIP – Benchmark Literacy Assessments

Identified 2nd – 8th grade students

Progress Monitoring

First Week of Every Month

All K students – All first grade students at Marion-Walker Elementary and Benner Elementary

  Baseline Assessment

   September 4-14, 2012

AIMSweb

All Students k-6

Identified students grades 7 & 8

September 10-22, 2013 (grade 6 on 9/10 and 9/11)

 

Everyday Mathematics Benchmark Assessments/Universal Screener

·   Grades K-6

·   Baseline

·   Mid-Year

·   End-of-Year

Kindergarten

Kindergarten Baseline

September 4 – 21, 2012

Kindergarten Mid-Year

February 18 – March 1, 2013

Kindergarten End-of-Year

May 28 – June 5, 2013

Grades 1-6

Grade 1-6 Baseline

September 12 – October 2, 2012

Grade 1-6 Mid-Year

February 11 – March 1, 2013

Grade 1-6 End-of-Year

May 28 – June 5, 2013

Classroom Diagnostic Tools (CDTs)

·   Algebra I

·   Other content areas as determined by Teachers

All students grades 6 – 8

 

Grade 6 – 8 Baseline

September 17 – 21, 2012

Grade 6 – 8 Mid-Year

February 11 – March 1, 2013

Grade 6 - 7  End-of-Year

May 20 – 24, 2013

Classroom Diagnostic Tools (CDTs)

·   Algebra I

·   Literature

·   Biology

·   Other content areas as determined by Teachers

All students grades 9-12

Grade 9-12 students

Identified by academic records

Subject to below windows

Grade 9- 11  Baseline

Alg 1a, 1b, Alg 1, Lit, Bio

September 17 – 28, 2012

Grade 9- 11  Mid-Year

Alg 1a, 1b, Alg 1, Lit, Bio

February 11 – March 1, 2013

Grade 9- 10 (no 11)  End-of-Year

Alg 1a, 1b, Alg 1, Lit, Bio

May 20 – 24, 2013

4-Sight Reading Assessments

3rd grade students

4th grade students

5th grade students

4-Sight #1

September 24 – 28, 2012

4-Sight #2 (form 3)

January 7 – 11, 2013

4-Sight #3 (form 5)

May 20 – 24, 2013

W-APT

K-12 LEP students

September, 2012

PSAT

Interested 10th and 11th grade students

October 20, 2012

PSSA - Reading/Math/Writing/Science re-test for 12th grade students not testing at proficient levels on 11th grade PSSA.

Identified 12th grade students

October 22 – November 2, 2012

SAT

Interested 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students

Fall 2012 or Winter 2013

ASVAB

Interested 11th and 12th grade students

January 2013

BAHS Mid-Term Exams

Grades 9 - 12

January 15 – 21, 2013

ACCESS for ELLs (PA Annual English Language Proficiency Assessment)

K - 12 LEP students

January – March 2013

ACT

Interested 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students

February 9, 2013

PASA

·   Reading

·   Math

Qualifying Special Education Students in grades 3 - 11

February 18 – March 29, 2013

SAT

Interested 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students

March 9, 2013

PSSA

·   Reading Assessment

·   Math Assessment

 

3rd grade students

4th grade students

5th grade students

6th grade students

7th grade students

8th grade students

April 8-19, 2013

 

Make-up Window: April 29 – May 3, 2013

 

PSSA

·   Writing Assessment

 

5th grade students

8th grade students

 

March 11-15, 2013

 

Make-up Window: March 18 – 22, 2013

PSSA

·   Science Assessment

 

4th grade students

8th grade students

 

April 22-26, 2013

 

Make-up Window: April 29 – May 3, 2012

W-APT

K-12 LEP students

May 2013

PASA

·   Science

Qualifying Special Education Students in grades 4, 8 & 11

May 6 – 31, 2013

Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations

Interested 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students who are enrolled in AP courses

May 6 – 17, 2013

Keystone Exams

All 11th grade students and 8th – 10th grade students who have completed Algebra I, Biology, and/or Literature

May 13 – 24, 2013

Early Graduates – all 3 content exams

December 3-14, 2012

ST Math

Identified k-6 students

All 1st grade students at Bellefonte Elementary and Pleasant Gap Elementary

Begin implementation 

Early October 2012 (TBD)

Protocol

minimum of three 30 minute sessions every 6 day cycle

OLSAT

2nd grade and elementary counselors

April 8-19, 2013

SRI

Identified students grades 6-8 and 9-12 (Read 180/System 44)

 

Lead 21 (initial group and individual assessments)

All students k-5

Group - Week of 9/5/12

Individual – 9/5 – 9/14/12