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Elementary Assessments

Elementary Assessments are broken into three parts, district, state and program identification. The tabs below provide dates, grade levels and the assessment students may be taking this school year.

Assessments

District

Dates	Assessment	Grades
September 5 - 29	Acadience Beginning of Year	K-2
January 2 - 19	Acadience Middle of Year	K-2
May 28 - June 12	Acadience End of Year	K-2
September 5 - 29	STAR Reading and Math Beginning of Year	Reading 3-5; Math 1-5
January 2 - 19	STAR Reading and Math Middle of Year	Reading 3-5; Math 1-5
May 28 - June 12	STAR Reading and Math End of Year	Reading 3-5; Math 1-5
February 5 - 9	CogAT Math	5
March 11 - 15	Iowa Math	5
January 30	Semester 1 Report Card available	K-5
June 18	Semester 2 Report Card available	K-5

State

Dates	Assessment	Grades
By October 31st	WaKIDS Fall Assessments	K
March 4 - June 7	Smarter Balanced Assessments ELA & Math	3-5
April 8 - June 7	WCAS	5
January 29 - May 3	WA-AIM ELA and Math	Eligible Students 3-5
January 29 - May 3	WA-AIM Science	Eligible Students 5
January 29 - March 22	WIDA ACCESS for ELLs	Identified Students K-5
January 29 - March 22	WIDA Alternate ACCESS for ELLs	Identified Students K-5

Program Identification

Dates	Assessment	Grades
Ongoing	WIDA Screener	Identified Students K-5
Ongoing	WIDA Progress Monitoring Beginning of Year	Identified Students K-5
Ongoing	WIDA Progress Monitoring Middle of Year	Identified Students K-5
Ongoing	WIDA Progress Monitoring End of Year	Identified Students K-5
October 23 - 27	CogAT Screener	Grades 1, 3
March 8 & 15	CogAT/Iowa Testing - Spring	Nominated Students 1-5
March 22	CogAT/Iowa Testing - Spring (make-ups)	Nominated Students 1-5
June 3 - 7	CogAT/Iowa Testing	Students 1-5 (enrolled after Jan. 3rd)