At the elementary school level, district assessment is focused primarily on mastery of basic skills. At the Early Learning Center, students are assessed with locally selected assessments: The Pre-school Early Literacy Indicators (PELI) and FastBridge Assessments. FastBridge assessments are used district wide for universal screening in grades Kindergarten and 1st grade. FastBridge is used for progress monitoring for students struggling to master basic skills across grades. Beginning in second grade students are assessed with NWEA's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), and Riverside's Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT). All students in grades 2 through 5 are assessed with MAP multiple times each year. Some students in all grades are assessed with CogAT, but it is administered universally to all second and fifth grade students in late winter. For students who are English Language Learners, the ACCESS test is administered in Winter for all grades. Students who obtain a 4.8 composite performance level are slated to exit EL status. State Assessment of Academics begins in third grade for all students.