Assessment Information

K and At-Risk 1st Grade: Observation Survey Inventory

The Observation Survey assesses literacy tasks which are necessary for describing a young child's emerging reading and writing behaviors: Letter Identification, Concepts About Print, and Hearing and Recording Sounds.

District Curriculum Based Assessments

Common assessments given periodically throughout the school year at specified times during a curriculum sequence to evaluate students' knowledge and skills relative to an explicit set of short term goals.

District Benchmark Assessments

Common assessments given periodically throughout the school year at specified times during a curriculum sequence to evaluate students' knowledge and skills relative to an explicit set of long term goals. Benchmark Assessments are used for instructional planning and decision-making at the classroom, school, and district level.

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