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Testing and Performance

TestSmart: Check out this great resource for students, parents and educators

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Testing is an important time to take the academic temperature of students and the school. We take measurements constantly in our classrooms to help our students succeed, and master their schoolwork. The following is a list of the many different testing programs. Follow the links at the bottom to find your child's grade and testing results on standardized tests.

Nationally Mandated Testing

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), grade 4.

State Mandated Testing

STAR (State Testing and Reporting) includes CAT/6 and CST for grades 2-5. These test reading, language, math and spelling skills and writing assessment. The results are used to report the school's Academic Performance Index (API). California English Language Development Test (CELDT) monitors the progress of English learners. Grades K - 5. FITNESSGRAM: Physical Fitness Test for grade 5.

District Mandated Testing

Includes the SDRT (Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test) and the ARI (Analytic Reading Inventory) for grades 4 & 5 and the DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment) for grades K - 3. Fifth graders are also given a mathematics exit exam used for placement at the middle school level.

Special Education Testing

Parents may request that a district psychologist and resource specialist evaluate their children for learning disabilities.Requests are to be made to the principal. The IST (Instructional Study Team) will meet with the parent (s)/guardian to determine the appropriateness of the request.