Files designated with open with the free Acrobat® Reader®: Email questions and comments regarding the content and function of this website to webmaster@sandi.net. Email general district inquiries to communications@sandi.net. Email employment inquiries to jobs@sandi.net. Submit staff questions about email or computer issues to the IT helpdesk.		Glossary of Testing Terms ACE Assessments in Career Education ACT American College Test API Academic Performance Index ARI Analytical Reading Inventory AYP Adequate Yearly Progress AP Advanced Placement AVID Advanced Via Individual Determination CST California Standards Test CAT/6 California Achievement Test, Sixth Edition CAPA California Alternate Performance Assessment CAHSEE California High School Exit Examination Criterion- referenced Tests Compare a student's performance to set criteria, such as state standards, rather than to the performance of other students. Criterion-referenced tests administered in SDCS include: •  National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) •  California Standards Test (CST) •  California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) •  California English Language Development Test (CELDT) •  District Mathematics Test (DMT) •  Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Project (MDTP) Geometry Readiness Test •  FITNESSGRAM CELDT California English Language Development Test CDE California Department of Education CEEB College Entrance Exam Board CHSPE California High School Proficiency Exam DRA Developmental Reading Assessment DMT District Mathematics Test GATE Gifted and Talented Education GSE Golden State Exam IRI Informal Reading Inventory IB International Baccalaureate MDTP Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Project NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress Norm-referenced Tests Compare an individual student's performance to a nationally representative reference group of students at the same grade. Norm-referenced tests administered in SDCS include: •  California Achievement Test, Sixth Edition (CAT/6) •  Spanish Assessment of Basic Education, 2nd Edition (SABE/2) •  Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test (SDRT) PSAT Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test SABE/2 Spanish Assessment of Basic Education, Second Edition SAT II Scholastic Assessment Test - Subject tests SAT9 Stanford Achievement Test, 9th Edition Standards-based Tests Assess students' knowledge and skills in relation to the state content standards. Most standards based tests are criterion- referenced rather than norm referenced. SDRT Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test STAR Standardized Testing and Reporting program STS Standards-based Tests in Spanish. << Student Testing
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