Bellefonte Area School District
2012-13 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