Assessment
2026-27 Assessments
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Assessment |
Grades |
Subject(s) |
Source Of Requirement |
Dates |
Expected Testing Time |
Purpose of Assessment |
Expected Delivery Date And Format Of Results |
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Pre-K Assessment |
Pre-K |
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RCS |
August 12-September 1, |
20 minutes |
This district-mandated assessment is used to track growth of priority Pre-K standards. |
Standards-based reports will be shared with parents every 4.5 weeks. |
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Pre-K Portfolio Assessment |
Pre-K |
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TDOE |
Twice a year; dates at teacher discretion |
TBA |
This state-mandated assessment is designed to represent a classroom sample of student academic growth between two points in time. | Portfolio results are not typically distributed outside the school, but parents can request the information from the school as needed. |
| HMH Waggle Growth Measure | K-5 | Math | RCS | August 10-October 9 (no K), October 19-December 18, March 22-May 7 | 90 minutes | HMH Waggle Growth Measure is given each year to students for placement in Waggle. Waggle is an adaptive, personalized practice and instruction program for our adopted math curriculum. The assessment will place students on an individualized learning plan based on the results. | |
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Universal Screening (Aimsweb) |
K-5 |
English / Language Arts |
TDOE |
August 17-28, December 7-17, May 3-20 |
60 minutes |
These assessments provide a snapshot of a student's current performance in reading, writing, and math. | Student-level reports are shared with parents and reported on report cards each nine weeks. |
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Universal Screening (Aimsweb) |
K-5 |
Math |
TDOE |
August 30-September 11, January 7-21, May 3-20 |
60 minutes |
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Universal Screening (EasyCBM) |
6-8 |
English / Language Arts |
TDOE |
August 17-28, December 7-17, May 3-20 |
60 minutes |
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Universal Screening (EasyCBM) |
6-8 |
Math |
TDOE |
August 30-September 11, January 7-21, May 3-20 |
60 minutes |
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Universal Written Expression Screening |
K-8 |
English / Language Arts |
TDOE |
August 17-28, December 7-17, May 3-20 |
5 minutes |
Results are not typically distributed outside the school, but parents can request the information from the school as needed. | |
| Encoding Universal Screener | K-8 | English / Language Arts (Spelling) | TDOE | August 17-28, December 7-17, May 3-20 |
15 minutes | The assessment provides a snapshot of a student's performance with encoding (spelling). | Results are not typically distributed outside the school, but parents can request the information from the school as needed. |
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Benchmark Testing |
2-8 |
English / Language Arts & Math |
RCS |
September 21-25, November 30-December 4, February 22-26 |
TBA |
These tests are a tool to track student progress towards state standards. | Results will be shared as they become available. |
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Benchmark Testing |
2-5 |
Science |
RCS |
February 22-26 |
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Benchmark Testing |
6-8 |
Science & Social Studies |
RCS |
September 21-25, November 30-December 4, February 22-26 | |||
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NAEP |
Selected 4th and 8th |
Varied |
TDOE |
TBD |
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TCAP |
3-8 |
English / Language Arts, Math, Science, & Social Studies (grades 6-8) |
TDOE |
April 7-May 6 |
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TCAP Retake |
Selected 3rd |
English/Language Arts |
TDOE |
May 19-21 |
75 minutes |
Since 2011, Tennessee has had a student promotion and retention law in place. During the 2021 First Extraordinary Session, the Tennessee General Assembly updated state law to ensure that all students have the support to read and perform on grade level by the 3rd grade. If a student receives an approaching or below score on the 3rd grade ELA TCAP, students have multiple opportunities for support to demonstrate their mastery of 3rd grade standards and readiness for grade-level ELA lessons in the 4th grade. In addition to the other opportunities for promotion, all students who receive an approaching or below score on the ELA section of the 3rd grade TCAP can choose to retake a shorter ELA TCAP assessment as a pathway to promotion. | |
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TCAP-ALT |
3-12 |
English/Language Arts & Math |
TDOE |
September 14-December 18 & February 1-May 21 |
Information from TDOE | ||
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TCAP-ALT |
3-12 |
Science & Social Studies (grades 6-8) |
TDOE |
March 15-April 30 |
Information from TDOE | ||
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Benchmark Testing |
9-12 |
Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, English I, English II, Biology I, US History |
RCS |
October 19-23, March 3-10 |
90 minutes per class |
These tests are a tool to track student progress towards state standards. |
Results will be shared as they become available. |
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End-of-Course (EOC) Testing |
9-12 |
Algebra I, |
TDOE |
November 30-December 17, |
Information from TDOE | ||
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Mid-Term / Final Exams |
9-12 |
All subjects except Fine Arts and P.E. |
RCS |
October 8-9, |
90 minutes per class |
The exam is intended to measure what a student knows and is able to do as defined the associated courses' state standards. |
Results will be shared as they become available. |
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ACT |
11-12 |
English, Reading, Math, & Science |
TDOE |
September 29-October 1, March 23-25 |
Information from TDOE | ||
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Civics Test |
12 |
Civic Knowledge |
TDOE |
Senior Year |
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ELPA21 |
K-12 |
English Proficiency |
TDOE |
February 1-March 26 |
Information from TDOE | ||
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Progress Monitoring |
K-12 |
English / Language Arts & Math |
TDOE |
2-3 times monthly |
TBA |
Progress monitoring allows educators to quickly identify areas where students may be struggling academically. | Results will be shared as they become available. |
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i-Ready |
K-12 |
English / Language Arts & Math |
RCS |
Fall, Winter, Spring |
TBA |
This assessment is used to identify students' learning needs, provide differentiated instruction, and monitor students learning progress throughout the school year. | Results will be shared as they become available. |
| S.P.I.R.E | K -12 | English/Language Arts | RCS | Beginning and end of year | TBA | S.P.I.R.E. is a comprehensive and multisensory reading intervention and instructional program that integrates phonological awareness, phonics, handwriting, fluency, vocabulary, spelling, and comprehension in an instructional design that is based upon how struggling readers learn. | Results will be shared as they become available. |
*Results from these assessments may be discussed with the child's teacher at regularly scheduled parent-teacher conferences each semester, or at the parent's request.
If you have any questions regarding assessments, please contact:
Lewis Walling
Titles:
Supervisor of System Data
Departments:
System Data
Email:
Angel Williams
Titles:
Supervisor of PreK - 8 Education
Departments:
Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment | Pre-K - 8th
Email:
Dr. Bob Pruitt
Titles:
Supervisor of Secondary Education
Departments:
Secondary Education
Email: