1. State and District Testing Calendar 2017-2018
8/31/17

2. State Testing Changes
ACT Aspire Grades 3-8 and 10 will no longer be Administered.
Scantron Performance Series will replace Aspire in grades 3-8.
Students in Grades 3-8 will take the Math, Science and Reading subtests of the Scantron assessment.
Students in Grades 3-8 will take the Scantron in September of 2017 for the purposes of obtaining a baseline score.
Students in Grades 3-8 will take the Scantron April 16th- May 4th in order to obtain both an achievement and growth score.
PSAT will be offered by the SDE to all Grade 11 students. Test Date-October 25th.

3. State Testing Changes
Students in grades 4,5,6,7 and 8 will take the Scantron science subtest. Only grades 5 and 7 took the Aspire science test.
Grade 10 will no longer take a state assessment.
Scantron will replace Aspire for the purposes of both state and federal requirements.
Scantron will only be used for the SY.
For Schools with a K-8 configuration Scantron results will be used for calculation of the A-F state report card.
For High schools the ACT Plus Writing will be used for the A-F state report card. .

4. District Testing Changes
STAR testing in grades K-12, for the purposes of progress monitoring, will be administered in the fall, winter and spring. This is two less administrations of the STAR than the school year.
DIBELS testing will continue in Grades K-3.
Summary- One additional test administration will be added to the state testing calendar.