Assessments

ACCESS WIDA is the collective name for WIDA's suite of summative English language proficiency assessments. ACCESS is taken annually by English learners in kindergarten through grade 12 in WIDA Consortium member states.

ACCESS screening occurs at the beginning of each school year, and testing occurs in January/February.

Administered to second and fifth graders, the CogAT is a cognitive test which consists of a verbal battery, quantitative battery, and nonverbal battery. Each battery is a separate section of the test containing 3 different types of questions that cover unique cognitive abilities.

CogAt is administered at the school-level in October.

CMAS (Colorado Measures of Academic Success) begins around spring break and continues throughout the month of April. Please watch the weekly 2R-Press for specific testing schedules. Full-time 3rd-8th, and 11th grade students are tested. If at all possible, please schedule trips and appointments around the testing window, and try to have students at school on-time.

The NWEA MAP Test assessments reveal precisely which academic skills and concepts your child has acquired and what he/she is ready to learn. MAP assessments are grade independent and adapt to each student's instructional level so that we can track each child's achievement and notice trends to help with setting objectives.

MAP is administered three times per year: August/September, December, and April/May.

The PSAT is a practice SAT, taken by 9th and 10th graders, whereas the SAT is a college entrance exam, used by most colleges and universities to make admissions decisions.

The School Day PSAT and SAT exams are administered in April at the Arvada campus.

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