Comprehensive Assessment Program SY24-25

DoDEA Comprehensive Assessment Program SY24-25

DoDEA has worked with the Balanced Assessment Working Group (BASWG) to understand the needs of educators and students, and how to better connect curriculum, instruction, and assessment as a continuous cycle of improvement. Assessments are a critical leverage point of the cycle to allow leaders at all levels to understand how curriculum, instruction, and assessment can lead to instructional shifts necessary to reach every child. DoDEA recognizes that assessments are only a snapshot of a day in the life of a student and do not reflect the whole story of student success.

The CCRS Summative Assessment is not meant to be an assessment for the end of the 4th quarter of learning but rather, one that shows learning and growth over the school year. The rigor of the CCRS summative assessment is targeted to assess at the 70% point of the school year, which the school year (SY) 2024–25 Assessment Calendar for summative assessments covers. Based on the SY 2024–25 Assessment Calendar, DoDEA is positioned to receive CCRS summative data back in a timely manner that would allow educators and instructional leaders adequate time to interpret student assessment results, set instructional goals, and align the goals with necessary shifts for increased growth (improvement), proficiency (value-driven measurement), and achievement (objective measurement of ability at a given point in time) for the whole child.

Table 1: Summative/End-of-Year (EOY)/End-of-Course (EOC)/Semester Assessments

#	Assessment	GradeBand	2024–2025 Participants	Proposed Administration Window
1	K–5 Oral Reading Proficiency Tool (RPT)	Elementary	All students in grades Kindergarten (K)–5	1st Administration: Grades 1-5: First 6 six weeks of student's enrollment. Grade K: By January 31 from initial student enrollment. 2nd Administration: All Grades K-5: Last 6 weeks of student's enrollment.
2	WIDA Screener	Elementary, Middle, High	New students based on Home Language Survey	Students Enrolled at the Beginning of the School Year: Screened within 30 school days. Students Enrolled Later in the School Year: Screened within 10 school days.
3	Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) Screener for Advanced Academic Programs & Services (AAPS)	Elementary	Grade 2 students and Grade 6 students in Phase 1 and Phase 2 AAPS middle schools	9/19: Add names and schedules to the form: https://forms.office.com/r/7DCbK4DF1H 10/1–31: Screener Window 10/16–12/13: Post-Screener Window 11/8: Student Profile Narrative Reports with Parent Letter. 1/22: Parent Notification Letters 2/3–2/28: Make-up Screener 2/12–4/11: Make up Post-Screener 3/7: Student Profile Narrative Reports with Parent Letter.
4	Career Technical Education (CTE)—NOCTI	High School	Yearlong Courses: Biotechnology Engineering, Career Practicum, Engineering Drawing/CAD, Education II, Education III, Green Technology Engineering, JROTC III/IV, Principles of Engineering, Video Communications II Semester Courses: Business & Personal Finance, Digital Publishing, Management Foundations, Marketing/Entrepreneurship, Spreadsheet/Database, Web Design	Yearlong Courses: Pretests: 8/1–9/30 Posttests: 4/15–6/15 Semester 1 Courses: Pretests: 8/1–9/30 Posttests: 12/1–1/31 Semester 2 Courses: Pretests: 1/1–2/28 Posttests: 4/15–6/15
5	CTE— CompTIA A+	High School	Computer Services Support	4/15–6/15
6	CTE—Culinary Certifications*	High School	Culinary Arts I, Culinary Arts II	8/1–6/15 (Examinations occur throughout the course at intervals determined by local teacher.)
7	CTE—Adobe Certified - Photoshop	High School	Digital Imaging	Semester 1 Courses: Pretests: 8/1–9/30 Posttests: 12/1–1/31 Semester 2 Courses: Pretests: 1/1–2/28 Posttests: 4/15–6/15
8	CTE—Adobe Certified – Premiere Pro	High School	Video Communications III	Yearlong Courses: Pretests: 8/1–9/30 Posttests: 4/15–6/15
9	CTE—Certified Nursing Aide	High School	Health Science II**	4/15–6/15
10	Digital PSAT 8/9	Middle, High	All students in grades 8 and 9	Oct. 14-25, 2024 (Window includes Test & Makeup)
11	Digital PSAT /NMSQT	High	All students in grades 10 and 11	Oct. 14-25, 2024 (Window includes Test & Makeup)
12	ACCESS for ELLs and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs	Elementary, Middle, High	AEL students (Levels 1-5)	December 9, 2024–February 21, 2025
13	DoDEA Alternate Assessment Mathematics and Literacy	Elementary, Middle, High	Eligible students only (Grades 3–8, and 11)	March 10–April 25, 2025
14	Spring Digital SAT School Day Test	High School	All students in grade 11	March 3–14, 2025 (Window includes Test & Makeup)
15	Fall Digital SAT School Day Test	High School	Optional for students in grade 12 without a grade 11 SAT School Day score	Oct. 14-25, 2024 (Window includes Test & Makeup)
16	CogAT Full Battery for AAPS	Elementary, Middle	Eligible students only	Sept.–June, as needed
17	College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) Summative Assessment Mathematics	Elementary, Middle	Grades 3–7	Online: March 24–May 16, 2025 Paper: March 24–April 18, 2025 (Window includes Test & Makeup)
18	CCRS Summative Assessment English Language Arts (ELA)/Literacy	Elementary, Middle	Grades 3–7	Online: March 24–May 16, 2025 Paper: March 24–April 18, 2025 (Window includes Test & Makeup)
19	Advanced Placement (AP) Exams (Digital & Paper)	High	All students enrolled in AP course(s)	May 5–16, 2025: Late AP Exam May 21–23, 2025 (Paper & Digital Test)
20	Avant Standard-based Measurement of Proficiency (STAMP)	Middle, High	World Language students in middle school and high school (Levels I, II, III and IV),	March 24–May 16, 2025
21	Credit by Exam (CBE)	High	By request per 1367.01	TBD

Table 2: Required Common Paced Assessments

#	Assessment	Grade Band	2024-2025 Participants	Administration Window
22	Secondary ELA Writing Task	Middle, High	Grades 6-12	Q1: 8/28-10/1 Q2: 11/4-12/11 Q3: 1/15-312 Q4: 3/17-5/8 Note: Detailed schedule by region in CPA guidance document.
23	Secondary Math Carnegie Learning Performance Tasks	Middle, High	Grades 6-8 Math High School Courses: ALG1, ALG2, Geometry	2 - End of Topic Performance Task Assessments September-February #1 by end of quarter 1 #2 by end of quarter 2
24	Elementary Literacy Benchmark Advance Interims	Elementary	Grades K-2	Interim 2 (up to ten days after completing Unit 3) Interim 3 (up to ten days after completing Unit 6) Interim 4 (after Week 6 of Q4)
25	Elementary Literacy Benchmark Advance Interims	Elementary	Grades 3-5	Interim 2 (up to ten days after completing Unit 3) Interim 3 (up to ten days after completing Unit 6)
26	Elementary Math Reveal Math Benchmark and Summative	Elementary	Grades K-2	Benchmark 1 (after Unit 4, before starting Unit 5) Benchmark 2 (after Unit 7, before starting Unit 8) Benchmark 3 (after Unit 10, before starting Unit 11) EOC Summative (after the final unit)
27	Elementary Math Reveal Math Benchmark	Elementary	Grades 3-5	Benchmark 1 (after Unit 4, before starting Unit 5 Benchmark 2 (after Unit 7, before starting Unit 8) Benchmark 3 (after Unit 10, before starting Unit 11)

*Note: Testing window varies by school based on school calendar.

Table 3: Optional Common Paced Elementary Science Assessments

Assessment #1	Grades 3, 4, and 5: Life Science, Nov. 1–Dec. 20, 2024
Assessment #2	Grades 3, 4, and 5: Physical Science, Feb. 3–March 21, 2025
Assessment #3	Grades 3, 4, and 5: Earth & Space Science, April 21–June 6, 2025

Table 4: Required Alternate Content Standards (ACS) Interim Assessments

ACS Interim Assessment Windows (Detailed Version)
Frequency	4x a year
Tested Grade Bands	Elementary (K–2) , Intermediate (3–5), Middle School (6–8), and High School
Testing window (Tested content) Note: Testing window varies by school based on school calendar.	Interim 1: November Checkpoint (Pre & Post Assessment)
	Interim 2: January Checkpoint (Pre & Post Assessment)
	Interim 3: March Checkpoint (Pre & Post Assessment)
	Interim 4: May Checkpoint (Pre & Post Assessment)

Note: Schools are not required to administer the check points for February and April. These are optional. For Level 1, this includes Combined Content, Reading and Mathematics. For Levels 2 and 3, this includes Reading, Word Recognition, Content Understanding, and Mathematics.