During the assessment windows, formative and summative assessments are administered that show academic progress and areas to support new learning. Data from Universal Screening is analyzed and used to make decisions.

AOS 93 Central Lincoln County School System

Assessment Calendar

(Revised July 2023)

OTHER AOS 93 ASSESSMENTS:

Benchmark Early Readers Subtests and Surveys
Kindergarten and Grade One for Title I.

WIDA ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 English Language Proficiency
For students where english is a non-native language only
January 8-March 1

NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress - (selected schools/grades only)
(January 29-March 8)

MEA SCIENCE State Science Assessment Grades 5 & 8
(May 13-May 31)
Formative Assessments in AOS 93:
All AOS 93 teachers are expected to continuously use informal, formative assessments.

Reading
Teachers regularly monitor students' reading progress using running records.
In addition, we use the NWEA in the fall, and State of Maine DOE required assessment in the spring.

Writing
Teachers in grades K-8 use students’ on demand writing samples for narrative, opinion/argumentative, and informational genres to guide instruction. In addition, we use the NWEA in the fall, and State of Maine DOE required assessment in the spring.

Math Assessment
K-4 teachers use the Bridges unit tests, i-Ready Math.

5-8 teachers use the diagnostic assessments from i-Ready Math, My Math 5, and Glencoe Math Courses 1, 2, and 3.

Common Assessments in Social Studies and Science
Text sets replace some older assessments.

Physical Education
Teachers conduct fall and spring assessments using the FitnessGram.

All of the AOS 93 schools adopted a new trimester reporting format. Using a limited number of Priority Standards (the standards we report to parents) in each of the content areas, progress is reported three times a year. Standards-based reporting describes where each student is in relation to the standard and what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade level in Language Arts (Reading and Writing), Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Fine and Performing Arts, and Physical Education.

We firmly believe that the standards-based report card is a significantly more effective tool for communicating student growth within the grade level learning standards. Instead of a single grade in each content area at the end of each trimester, parents and students will be able to see more specific information about how a student is progressing in several standards within each content area.

Please feel free to contact your child’s school or get in touch with Tara Mckechnie at 563-3044, extension 103 or at tmckechnie@aos93.org if you have questions or concerns.