10 questions on each assessment based on the essential lessons (6 questions assess Computational Thinking, 2 questions assess Creative Computing, and 2 questions assess Digital Literacy)
Third grade will have one assessment for each quarter. Fourth and fifth grade will have an assessment for quarters 1, 2, and 3. There is not an assessment for fourth and fifth grade for fourth quarter.
DCAs are just for grades 3-5.
You will need to authorize students to complete the assessment. Directions on how to do that can be found on the resources and directions document linked below.
You may choose to skip keyboarding the day that you are having students take the assessment instead.
Do not base a student's grade off of how they perform on the summative assessment. It can be a tool to help you with grading.
The goal is not for this to be one more thing on your already long list of things to do. Instead it should give you some insight on how your students are doing with key concepts. It will also give us a glimpse on how we are doing as a district in these different areas and if we need to modify curriculum to better support students.
Don't forget to utilize the formative assessments for each quarter to help you measure student understanding throughout the quarter.
Synergy District Assessment Resources and Directions Document