GRADE LEVEL(S) APPLICABLE FEDERAL/STATE LAW PURPOSE & USE TESTING WINDOW RESULTS TO PARENTS & STUDENTS ACT Plan ACT Plan is designed to measure Student level reports are provided Administered in accordance with T.C.A individual college readiness for students September 14 November 6 approximately three to eight weeks – 10 §49-6-6001(b). in the tenth grade. after the ACT Plan administration. NAEP is administered to a small No district, school or student National Administered in accordance with the No sample of Tennessee fourth and level results are provided. Child Left Behind Act of 2001 §1111 Assessment for eighth graders only. January 25 March 11 – (c)(2) which requires the state to 4 and 8 (selected Educational State-level results are posted on participate in the biennial state academic This test, often called the Nation’s schools only) the NAEP website approximately assessments of fourth grade reading and Progress (NAEP) Report Card, measures Tennessee’s six months after the test mathematics. academic achievement against that (if district is administration. of other states. selected) DCSS will receive individual performance reports which detail Administered in accordance with the The TCAP Achievement Test February 8 March 4 individual student results in late No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 – measures a student’s skills in TN Ready May. §1111 (b) and T.C.A §49-1-602 Reading/Language Arts, 3-8 RLA and pertaining to district and school Mathematics, and Science. Schools distribute the individual High School accountability. Student results are provided to Math: reports to parents once they are parents, teachers, and received by DCSS from the Part 1 administrators. state. Modified assessments in Braille and large print are administered TCAP Achievement Test results in accordance with the No Child as 15% of student's final Left Behind Act of 2001 §1111 grade in the content areas of (b)(3)(C)(ix)(II). Reading/Language Arts, Math, and Science,.
ACT Plan GRADE LEVEL(S) APPLICABLE FEDERAL/STATE LAW PURPOSE & USE TESTING WINDOW RESULTS TO PARENTS & STUDENTS 10 Administered in accordance with T.C.A §49-6-6001(b). ACT Plan is designed to measure individual college readiness for students in the tenth grade. September 14 – November 6 Student level reports are provided approximately three to eight weeks after the ACT Plan administration. National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) (if district is selected) 4 and 8 (selected schools only) Administered in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 §1111 (c)(2) which requires the state to participate in the biennial state academic assessments of fourth grade reading and mathematics. NAEP is administered to a small sample of Tennessee fourth and eighth graders only. This test, often called the Nation’s Report Card, measures Tennessee’s academic achievement against that of other states. January 25 – March 11 No district, school or student level results are provided. State-level results are posted on the NAEP website approximately six months after the test administration. TN Ready RLA and Math: Part 1 3-8 High School Administered in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 §1111 (b) and T.C.A §49-1-602 pertaining to district and school accountability. Modified assessments in Braille and large print are administered in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 §1111 (b)(3)(C)(ix)(II). The TCAP Achievement Test measures a student’s skills in Reading/Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. Student results are provided to parents, teachers, and administrators. TCAP Achievement Test results as 15% of student's final grade in the content areas of Reading/Language Arts, Math, and Science,. February 8 – March 4 DCSS will receive individual performance reports which detail individual student results in late May. Schools distribute the individual reports to parents once they are received by DCSS from the state.