Assessments

Title	Subject matter Assessed	Grades Administered	Purpose for how it is designed and used	Source of Requirement	Dates Administered	Reporting Results	Approximate time Spent When Administered-1
SD ELA and Math Alternate Assessment	English Language Arts/Mathematics	3-8, 11	Used to provide meaningful feedback & data that teachers and other educators can use to help students succeed	State	March 11 - April 26, 2024	Mailed out to homes in Spring
Ability Profiler	Career Exploration	10	State requirement; used for career exploration	State	November-December	Classroom presentation	1-1/2 hr.
Access for ELLs 2.0	English Profiler	1-8 Colony	To monitor students' progress in acquiring academic English.	State	Jan. 27-Feb. 28	Teachers disseminate results to parents	2 hrs.
ASVAB - Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery	Career Exploration	10	Used for career exploration	District	Sept. 10	Classroom presentation	3 hours
CARI - Content Area Reading Indicators	Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies	9-Jul	Administered in groups for benchmarking and individually for progress monitoring of learner literacy skills	District	Assessment can be done daily, weekly, or as needed	Parent/Teacher Conferences	10-45 minutes
DIBELS	English Language Arts/Math	K-5	Used for progress monitoring of learner literacy and math skills	District	Assessment can be done daily, weekly, or as needed	Parent/Teacher Conferences	1-10 minutes
NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Progress	Mathematics, Reading, Science, Writing, the Arts, Civics, Economics, Geography, U.S. History, and Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL).	8	To compare student achievement in states and other jurisdictions and to track changes in achievement of fourth and eighth-graders over time.	Schools and students are randomly selected each year	Jan. 29-March 22, 2024	NAEP does not provide individual scores for the students or schools assessed. Instead, NAEP provides results about subject-matter achievement, instructional experiences, and school environment, and reports these results for populations of students (e.g., eighth-graders) and subgroups of specific populations. These results are reported approximately six months after testing.	2 hours
NCRC - National Career Readiness Certificate	Career Exploration	12	Used to ensure all students graduate college, career, and life ready. Students must attain at least the lowest certification level on three work keys assessment areas. This can help students demonstrate they are ready for the workplace as they enter the workforce immediately after graduation or pursue further post-secondary education.	District	October 17, 2023	Classroom presentation	3 hours
PELI - Preschool Early Literacy Indicator	Alphabet knowledge, vocabulary and oral language, phonological awareness, and listening comprehension.	Preschool-kindergarten (Ages 3-5)	Used to identify children who are experiencing difficulties acquiring pre-literacy and oral language skills with the intent to provide the instructional support needed to improve future reading outcomes	District	Assessment can be done daily, weekly, or as needed	Parent/Teacher Conferences	10-15 minutes
SBA - Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)	English Language Arts/Math	3-8, 12	Used to provide meaningful feedback & data that teachers and other educators can use to help students succeed	State	March 4-May 1	Mailed out to homes in Spring	5-6 hours
SDSA - South Dakota Science Assessment (New platform this year with SBAC)	Science	5, 8, 11	To provide feedback & data that teachers can use to help students succeed	State	March 4-May 1	Mailed out to homes in Fall	1.8-2.3 hours
W-APT	English Language	Kindergarten	Used to measure the English language proficiency of learners who have indicated a primary language other than English on a home language survey, and determining whether or not English language instructional services are needed	State	Upon enrollment into the Menno Public School District	Parent/Teacher Conference	5 minutes