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What Are Interim Assessments?
Mid-year, quarterly, or periodic checks.
Predict student success on summative tests.
Why Use Interim Assessments?
Monitor learning progress.
Adjust pacing and focus areas.
Identify students needing intervention.
How Are Interim Assessments Used?
Given mid-unit or mid-year.
Track progress and adjust instruction.
Examples and Tools
SBAC Interim Assessments (ICA - Interim Comprehensive Assessments)
What: Full-length practice versions of the SBAC summative tests in ELA and Math.
Why: Helps assess overall progress midyear and identify areas for reteaching or support.
How: Give online midyear; use results to guide reteaching.
Interim Assessments One Pager.pdfsmarter-balanced_scoring_rubrics.pdfNWEA MAP (Measures of Academic Progress)
What: Computer-adaptive tests in math and reading that adjust to student ability. Typically given fall, winter, and spring.
Why: Tracks growth over time and gives teachers RIT scores they can use to group students and plan differentiated instruction.
How: Administer fall, winter, and spring; use RIT scores to plan instruction and monitor growth.
IAB/IAC (Interim Assessment Blocks / Interim Assessment Connections)
What: Shorter, focused SBAC-aligned assessments tied to specific clusters or standards.
Why: Great for targeting specific skills during or after a unit. Can be used for instructionally embedded assessment.
IAB = Interim Assessment Blocks (focus on 1–3 standards)
IAC = Interim Assessment Connections (include a performance task component and more integration of skills)
How: Use short, skill-specific SBAC assessments after teaching a standard.
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