Assessment & Performance

The Assessment Department oversees all Colorado state assessments, district assessments, and manages the district data.

District & School Level Assessment Coordinators

Alexander Harris

Instructional Technology Coordinator, District Assessment Coordinator

EPSD Major Assessments Schedule

EPSD utilizes assessment data as well as additional data sources to identify ways to improve student achievement and growth. Our goal is to use data to inform student learning goals and teacher instructional goals so we can provide excellent educational experiences that prepare students for success in the 21st Century.

Note: Dates indicate the testing window for each assessment. Students may test any of the days within the window.

NWEA Maps Reading and Math, Science

Acadience / DIBELS

TS Gold Results Matter

ACCESS for Multilingual Learners

CogAT

CMAS ELA

CMAS Math

CMAS Science

CMAS Social Studies

CMAS CoAlt ELA, Math, Science

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

PSAT 9

PSAT 10

SAT 11

Assessment Schedule (Google Doc)

DIBELS

Elementary School

DIBELS ® (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) is a set of procedures and measures for assessing the acquisition of literacy skills. They are designed to be short (one minute) fluency measures that can be used to regularly detect risk and monitor the development of early literacy and early reading skills in kindergarten through eighth grade.

DIBELS (Webpage)

NWEA

Elementary, Middle & High School

MAP Growth, part of the Growth Activation Solution from NWEA, is the most trusted and innovative assessment for measuring achievement and growth in K–12 math, reading, language usage, and science. It provides teachers with accurate, actionable evidence to help inform instructional strategies regardless of how far students are above or below grade level. It also connects to the largest set of instructional content providers, giving educators flexibility in curriculum choices.

NWEA (Webpage)

State Assessments

Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS)

Elementary, Middle & High School

The CMAS assessments are Colorado’s standards-based assessments designed to measure the Colorado Academic Standards (CAS) in the content areas of mathematics, English language arts (ELA), and science. The purpose of the CMAS assessments are to indicate the degree to which students have mastered the expectations of the CAS in each content area at the end of the tested grade level. Results are intended to provide one measure of a student’s academic progress relative to the CAS. Results should be taken into consideration alongside other achievement information available locally.

CMAS Math Assessment is taken by 3rd - 8th graders

CMAS ELA Assessment is taken by 3rd - 8th graders

CMAS Science Assessment is taken by 5th, 8th and 11th graders

CoAlt Assessment is taken by a small number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who meet specific criteria.

SAT & PSAT

High School

SAT

The SAT is taken through College Board and is closely aligned to challenging classroom work of Colorado schools and focuses on the key skills and concepts that evidence shows matter most for college and career readiness, including:

Mathematical concepts, skills, and practices important for success in career training programs.
Reading, comprehending, and writing high-quality essays supported by evidence.

The SAT also serves as an admission test and is accepted by every college in the United States.

PSAT

The PSAT tests the same skills and knowledge as the SAT in a way that makes sense for 9th and 10th-graders. It builds on the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) tests in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. The PSAT also aligns with Colorado Academic Standards (CAS) and with the SAT that students will take in 11th grade.

ACCESS for MLs

Elementary, Middle School & High School

Parent Excusal

Review the EPSD Unified Improvement Plan on the Colorado Department of Education website.

CDE Performance Snapshot (Webpage)

CDE CMAS & CoAlt Family Portal (Webpage)

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