AOS 93 Assessments

During the assessment windows, formative and summative assessments are administered that show academic progress and areas to support new learning. Data from Universal Screening is analyzed and used to make decisions.

AOS 93 Central Lincoln County School System

Assessment Calendar 2022 - 2023

(Revised August 2022)

Universal Screening Tools:

Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment

FALL (September 6- October 14)

WINTER (January 2-31)

SPRING (May 1-31)

Maine Educational Assessment NWEA Reading, Language Usage and Math

(required by the state for grades 3-8)

FALL: (October 3-October 28)

WINTER: (OPTIONAL: January 9-February 3)

SPRING: (May 1-May 26)

Benchmark Early Readers Subtests and Surveys

Kindergarten and Grade One for Title I.

WIDA ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 English Language Proficiency

January 9-March 3

NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress - (selected schools/grades only)

(January 24-March 31)

MEA SCIENCE State Science Assessment Grades 5 & 8

(May 15-May 26)

Formative Assessments in AOS 93:

All AOS 93 teachers are expected to continuously use informal, formative assessments.

Reading

Teachers regularly monitor students' reading progress using running records.

Writing

Teachers in grades K-8 use students’ on demand writing samples for narrative, opinion/argumentative, and informational genres to guide instruction based on the scoring using the Lucy Calkins Writing Units of Study rubrics.

Math Assessment

K-4 teachers use the Bridges unit tests, Ready Math.

5-8 teachers use the diagnostic assessments from iReady Math, My Math 5, and Glencoe Math Courses 1, 2, and 3.

Common Assessments in Social Studies and Science

Teachers administer the district assessments posted on the district Curriculum-Atlas Files site under their grade level course.

Text sets replace some older assessments.

NOTE: These assessments are in transition due to newly adopted Maine standards.

Physical Education

Teachers conduct fall and spring assessments using the FitnessGram.

ProProficiency-Based Grading and Reporting in AOS 93

More Targeted Reporting

All of the AOS 93 schools adopted a new trimester reporting format. Using a limited number of Priority Standards (the standards we report to parents) in each of the content areas, progress is reported three times a year. Standards-based reporting describes where each student is in relation to the standard and what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade level in Language Arts (Reading and Writing), Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Fine and Performing Arts, and Physical Education.

We firmly believe that the standards-based report card is a significantly more effective tool for communicating student growth within the grade level learning standards. Instead of a single grade in each content area at the end of each trimester, parents and students will be able to see more specific information about how a student is progressing in several standards within each content area.

Better Communication About Student Progress

Standards-based reporting allows teachers the opportunity to clearly communicate with students and parents. In the coming months, we will make every effort to clearly communicate with families - continuing to provide information about standards based reporting at your child’s school, including frequently asked questions and additional background information, a description of proficiency levels, further detail on the content area standards included on the report card, and a list of additional resources for parents and guardians.

Please feel free to contact your child’s school or get in touch with Tara Mckechnie at 563-3044, extension 103 or at tmckechnie@aos93.org if you have questions or concerns.