Testing

School District 62 uses both formative and summative assessments to monitor students' academic achievement and growth. Summative common assessments include IAR and ACCESS tests, required by the Illinois State Board of Education.

district 62 also administers the NWEA MAP test three times a year to monitor students' progress in core academic areas.

Assessment data is used to inform decisions about instruction, curriculum and program implementation.

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Testing Windows

FALL

Dates	Assessment	Details
ICS: 7/19-8/9 10-month: 8/21-9/8	MAP NWEA Measures of Academic Progress	District MAP Guidelines Grades 3-8
ICS: 7/19-8/16 10-month: 8/21-9/15	iReady Math Diagnostic	K-8
ICS: 7/19-8/2 10-month: 8/21-9/1	Number Corner Baseline	Grades K-5
ICS: 10/10-10/20 10-month: 10/20-11/3	KIDS Observational Protocol	All Kinder Students (observe and input)
ICS: 9/5-9/8 AMS/CMS: 10/23-11/10	Spanish PBA	Grades 7-8
ICS: 7/19-8/16 10-month: 8/21-9/15	FastBridge Screeners*	All K-2 **
10/10-10/20	CogAT	Grade 3

WINTER

Dates	Assessment	Details
ICS: 11/13-12/8 10-month: 11/27-12/22	FastBridge Screeners	Grades K-2
ICS: 11/13-12/8 10-month: 11/27-12/22	MAP NWEA Measures of Academic Progress	District MAP Guidelines Grades 3-8
12/1-1/12	ACCESS Alternate ACCESS	K-8 Students Classified as EL including refusals
ICS: 1/8-1/19 10-month: 1/29-2/15	Spanish PBA	Grades 7-8
AMS (Q3): 2/26-3/15	Fitness Testing (see spring window)	AMS Grades 6-8 (7th reported to State)

SPRING

5/1-5/31Dates	Assessments	Details
3/13/24-5/8/24	Dynamic Learning Maps	Grades 3-8
Online: 3/4/24-4/19/24 Paper: 3/4/24-4/5/24	IAR Illinois Assessment of Readiness	Grades 3-8
3/1/24-4/30/24	ISA IL Science Assessment	Grades 5 and 8
4/22-5/8	MAP Measures of Academic Progress	District MAP Guidelines Grades 3-8
4/22-5/8	FastBridge Screeners	K-2
5/1-5/24	iReady Math Diagnostic	K-8
5/1-5/8	D62 Accelerated Math Placement	Grade 6 for Grade 7 placement
5/1-5/17	Spanish PBA	Grades 7-8
5/1-5/31	KIDS Observational Protocol	All Kinder Students (observe and input)
Middle Schools: 4/29-5/8 Elem Schools: 4/15-4/26	Fitness Testing (see winter window for AMS:3Q)	All Buildings: Grades 4th-8th (Grades 5th and 7th reported to State)

FastBridge Universal Screeners

Grade	FastBridge Universal Screeners	Administration Windows
Kindergarten	earlyReading (see subtests below) earlyMath (see subtests below)	Fall, Winter, Spring
First Grade	earlyReading (see subtests below) earlyMath (see subtests below)	Fall, Winter, Spring
Second Grade	Students receiving instruction in English: aMath & aReading Students in a Bilingual Classroom: CBM Reading, CBM Math Automaticity: AUTO (L2)	Fall, Winter, Spring

Grade

FastBridge Universal Screeners

Administration Windows

Kindergarten

earlyReading (see subtests below)

earlyMath (see subtests below)

Fall, Winter, Spring

First Grade

earlyReading (see subtests below)

earlyMath (see subtests below)

Fall, Winter, Spring

Second Grade

Students receiving instruction in English: aMath & aReading

Students in a Bilingual Classroom: CBM Reading, CBM Math Automaticity: AUTO (L2)

Fall, Winter, Spring

FastBridge Universal Screener Subtests

Grade	Screener	Fall-Subtests	Winter-Subtests	Spring-Subtests
KINDERGARTEN	earlyReading	Concepts of Print Onset Sounds Letter Names Letter Sounds	Onset Sounds Letter Sounds Word Segmenting Decodable Words	Letter Sounds Word Segmenting Decodable Words Sight Words-50
	earlyMath	Match Quantity Number Sequence-K Numeral ID-K	Decomposing-K Number Sequence-K Numeral ID-K	Decomposing-K Numeral Sequence-K Numeral ID-K
	Spanish earlyReading	Concepts of Print Onset Sounds Letter Sounds Syllable Reading	Onset Sounds Letter Sounds Syllable Reading Word Segmenting	Letter Sounds Syllable Reading Word Segmenting Sight Words
FIRST GRADE	earlyReading	Word Segmenting Decodable Words Sight Words 150 Sentence Reading	Word Segmenting Decodable Words Sight Words 150 CBM Reading	Word Segmenting Decodable Words Sight Words 150 CBM Reading
	earlyMath	Decomposing- Number Sequence-1 Numeral ID-	Decomposing- Number Sequence- Place Value	Decomposing-1 Place Value Story Problems
	Spanish earlyReading	Syllable Reading Word Segmenting Sight Words Sentence Reading	Syllable Reading Word Segmenting Sight Words CBM Reading	Syllable Reading Word Segmenting Sight Words CMB Reading

*Important Note for earlyMath and earlyReading: Check timing of screeners before administering

Fall-Subtests

Winter-Subtests

Spring-Subtests

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Testing

district 62 also administers the NWEA MAP test three times a year to monitor students' progress in core academic areas.

Testing Windows

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FastBridge Universal Screeners

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