Universal screening through a brief assessment given to all students helps us identify students who experience lower-than-expected outcomes and may be at risk of not meeting grade-level standards by the end of the school year.  Grades K-8 utilize iReady for universal screeners in reading and mathematics.

Circle testing is used with pre-kinder students to determine the readiness and effectiveness of our early education programs.

Circle

Circle testing, primarily the CIRCLE Progress Monitoring System (CPM), measures key early childhood development areas like literacy (letter sounds, print awareness), math (counting, comparing), science, social-emotional skills (motivation to read, creativity), and motor skills using direct tasks and teacher observations to track growth in pre-K and kindergarten. It provides a holistic view of a child's skills, guiding instruction and informing parents.

Key Areas Assessed

• Literacy: Letter-sound correspondence, print awareness, story retell, phonological awareness, rapid naming, vocabulary.

• Mathematics: Concepts like comparing quantities (more/less), ordinal numbers, and measurement.

• Science: Core ideas in physical, life, and earth/space sciences.

• Social-Emotional & Approaches to Learning: Curiosity, initiative, creativity, motivation to read, and self-expression.

• Motor Skills: Fine and gross motor skills, early writing (letter formation, directionality).

• Speech & Language: Sound discrimination, sentence structure, grammar.