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We use a variety of assessment, diagnostic and screening tools. The use of these tools are essential for fostering effective learning experiences and supporting all of our learners K-5. Teachers, administration & other building level stakeholders regularly review data from these tools in PLCs to continue to implement best practices and learning experiences that best support all learners and their needs.
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Identifying Strengths and Needs
Early Intervention: Screeners help detect potential challenges, such as learning disabilities, speech delays, or social-emotional issues, early in a child's education, enabling timely intervention.
Personalized Learning: Assessments and diagnostics provide data on individual students’ strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles, allowing teachers to tailor instruction.
2. Monitoring Progress
2. Monitoring Progress
Growth Tracking: Regular assessments help educators and parents monitor students' academic progress over time.
Goal Setting: Data-driven goals can be set for both the classroom and individual students to ensure progress aligns with grade-level expectations.
3. Informing Instruction
3. Informing Instruction
Targeted Teaching: Diagnostics identify specific areas where students struggle, enabling teachers to adjust their strategies and resources to meet diverse needs.
Curriculum Evaluation: Assessment data can inform whether the current curriculum effectively meets the learning objectives.
4. Promoting Equity
4. Promoting Equity
Identifying Gaps: Assessments can reveal disparities in achievement, allowing schools to allocate resources to address inequities.
Inclusive Practices: Screeners help ensure that students with disabilities, English language learners, or those from underserved communities receive appropriate support.
5. Engaging Stakeholders
5. Engaging Stakeholders
Parent Communication: Regular assessments provide clear evidence of a child’s progress, fostering meaningful conversations between parents and teachers.
School Accountability: Data from assessments help schools demonstrate effectiveness to administrators, policymakers, and the community.
Please see below for more information on our K-5 assessment & data tools.
Acadience Reading Online is a universal screener. We use Acadience in grades K-4 to identify students who are at risk for reading difficulties and to determine the specific skills that need targeted support.
What does this look like for our students?
Students complete the benchmark assessments at the beginning, middle and end of the year, these are very quick and skill focused and complete 1 on 1 with the classroom teacher or our reading department
Students who receive intervention or special education services are progress monitored, the frequency depends on the child
After a benchmark assessment, if there is an indicator of risk, the classroom teacher and interventionists would determine next steps
Teachers use the information for all students to guide individualized and small group skill instruction in their classrooms
iReady is used in all of our 1st-5th grade classrooms. We use both the diagnostic, which is taken in the fall (1st-5th), winter (1st-5th) and spring (1st-2nd) and the instructional lessons. The iReady diagnostic determines the student's individual learning pathways. Students complete iReady lessons for extra practice on specific math and literacy skills and enrichment in both math and reading. iReady is also used with students to set individual goals in both math and reading and with teachers to determine the need for targeted areas of instruction.
What does this look like for our students?
Students in grades 1-5 take the diagnostic in the fall and the winter for both math and reading
Students in grades 1-2 take the spring diagnostic as well
Students then complete iReady lessons once a week, 30 minutes for math and 30 minutes for reading
Student lessons in their "My Path" are based off of their diagnostic results, meaning students see lessons in skills they need more practice mastering
Teachers can also assign student lessons in their "Teacher Assigned Path". Teachers do this for a variety of reasons, extra practice, enrichment and prerequisite work for an upcoming lesson
Teachers & administrators look at student data in iReady regularly in PLCs to inform instructional decisions
The New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System (NHSAS) is a summative assessment that measures student knowledge and skills in English language arts, mathematics, and science. The NHSAS is an important part of the educational program in New Hampshire because it provides information to teachers, schools & families, measures academic achievement and meets accountability needs.
What does this look like for our students?
Students in grades 3-5 take the reading/writing and math assessment in May. Our 5th grade students also take the science assessment
Each grade level has a week dedicated to the assessment, which takes place during a block in the morning
Students are getting regular practice with NHSAS questions in their classrooms, this helps them learn to navigate the website, use the tools given, learn how to tackle different problems and helps with test taking strategies
Students will take the interim/practice NHSAS in December to help with this as well
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