Each year, students in the Seward Public Schools are administered an achievement test in at least two of the following subjects of math, reading, science, and language usage.  Students take these computerized tests in the fall and spring.  These tests help guide instruction, but also help to show academic growth, as the test is tailored to how well the student performs on the test.  Many adults may remember, as students, taking some sort of test where they filled in little test bubbles on an answer sheet.  That was likely a standardized achievement test. These score are based on grade level means in the Fall assessment of NWEA