EMSD Assessment System

Measure of Academic Progress (MAP)

• State required for teacher evaluation purposes

• Grades 2-8  - All students in Math and Reading

• Fall:  August – September

• Winter:  January – February

• Spring:  April – May

MPG (MAP for Primary Grades)

• State required for teacher evaluation purposes

• Kindergarten – All students in Reading

• Grade 1 – All students in Math and Reading

• Same testing windows as above

IAR (Illinois Assessment of Readiness)

• State required

• English/Language Arts and Math

• Grades 3 – 8  

• March - April

Illinois Science Assessment (ISA)

• State required

• Grades 5 and 8 (computer based)

• Spring:  March

District Math Assessment Testing Window - Elementary Only

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

  
  

ACCESS (EL students only)

• State required

• Grades K - 8

• January – March

KIDS (Kindergarten Individual Developmental Survey)

• State required assessment

• Kindergarten only

• Data collected in January

LEXIA CORE 5 READING/Lexia PowerUP (Grades K-5) NEW FOR 2020-21

• All students in grades K-5 will take the placement test

COGAT

• District required assessment

• FOURTH GRADE ONLY

• October

ILLINOIS PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT

• State required assessment

• Grades 3 – 8 (only 5th and 7th grade scores reported to state)

• Pretest in September and Post-test in April/May

Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment (reading)
District required assessment AND used for state required teacher evaluations
Kindergarten    

• Spring only: April – May

• 1st grade:  All students September, January, and April

Grades 2 – 4: 

• Fall (during MAP testing) – ALL students

• Winter (December) – Intensive students

• Spring (during MAP testing) – ALL students