GRADE LEVEL(S) APPLICABLE LAW PURPOSE & USE TESTING WINDOW RESULTS TO PARENTS & STUDENTS NAEP is administered to a small No district, school or student National Administered in accordance with the sample of Tennessee fourth and level results are provided. Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 Assessment for eighth graders only. January 28 March 8 – which requires the state to participate in 4 and 8 (selected (Tentative) Educational State-level results are posted on the biennial state academic assessments This test, often called the Nation’s schools only) the NAEP website approximately of fourth and eighth 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 April 15 May 3 individual student results in late – T.C.A §49-1-602 pertaining to district measures a student’s skills in TCAP English May. and school accountability. Reading/Language Arts, 3-8 Language Mathematics, and Science. Schools distribute the individual Student results are provided to Arts, Math, reports to parents once they are End of Course Modified assessments in Braille parents, teachers, and received by DCSS from the (High School) Science and and large print are administered administrators. in accordance with the Every Social Student Succeeds Act and Achievement Test results count as Studies Individuals with Disabilities 15% of student's final grade in the Education Act of 1990 content areas of Reading/Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and Science. The ACCESS for ELs assessment serves as one criterion to aid in DCSS will receive individual performance reports which determining language proficiency detail individual student results for English Learners. ACCESS for in mid June. Administered in accordance with the Every Student Succeeds Act English Schools distribute the individual ACCESS for ELs replaces the ELDA March 4 April 19 – K-12 reports to parents once they as the annual measure for K-12 Learners are received by DCSS from the language proficiency due to the state adoption of the WIDA standards in January 2014.
GRADE LEVEL(S) APPLICABLE LAW PURPOSE & USE TESTING WINDOW RESULTS TO PARENTS & STUDENTS National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) (if district is selected) 4 and 8 (selected schools only) Administered in accordance with the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 which requires the state to participate in the biennial state academic assessments of fourth and eighth 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 28 – March 8 (Tentative) 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. TCAP English Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies 3-8 End of Course (High School) Administered in accordance with the 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 Every Student Succeeds Act and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 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. Achievement Test results count as 15% of student's final grade in the content areas of Reading/Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and Science. April 15 – May 3 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 ACCESS for English Learners K-12 Administered in accordance with the Every Student Succeeds Act The ACCESS for ELs assessment serves as one criterion to aid in determining language proficiency for English Learners. ACCESS for ELs replaces the ELDA as the annual measure for K-12 language proficiency due to the state adoption of the WIDA standards in January 2014. March 4 – April 19 DCSS will receive individual performance reports which detail individual student results in mid June. Schools distribute the individual reports to parents once they are received by DCSS from the
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