Assessment+Acronyms

DRA2 - Development Reading Assessment 2nd edition (Pearson) - Our district uses this as a reading assessment in grades K-5. Student are usually tested in Sept./Oct. and in Feb./March. Some teachers also use this again at the end of the year.  @http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZ4Z4&PMDbSiteID=2781&PMDbSolutionID=&PMDbProgramId=23661&level=4&prognav=po

MAP - Measures of Academic Progress (Northwest Evaluation Association, NWEA) - Our district uses this in grades 1-8 for reading and math; in grades 5-6 for reading, math and science; grade 9 for reading; and for all high school students in Pre-Algebra or a lower level math class.  @http://www.nwea.org/

SAT - Scholastic Aptitude Test (CollegeBoard) - For high school students and used for college admission. Designed to test readiness for college.  @http://sat.collegeboard.org/home

PSAT - Preliminary SAT (College Board) - The PSAT is a preliminary or practice version of the SAT.  @http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about.html

ACT - American College Testing Program - For high school students and used for college admissiont. Designed to test readiness for college.  @http://www.act.org/aboutact/index.html

AP - Advanced Placement (CollegeBoard) - For high school students. Courses are offered at the high school level and when the student passes the AP exam, they earn college credit or advanced standing in college.  @http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/index.html

CogAT - Cognitive Abilities Test (Riverside) - Used primarily in grade 3 as one piece of evidence used to identify highly capable status. Test measures reasoning ability in Verbal, Quantitative, and NonVerbal areas.  @http://www.riversidepublishing.com/products/cogAt/details.html

IAAT - Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test (Riverside) - Tested used in grades 5-7 to determine algebra readiness. This is one piece of data used to determine middle school placement.  @http://www.riversidepublishing.com/products/iaat/details.html