Spring 2017 Colorado State Assessment Windows
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Colorado's state testing window for all spring 2017 CMAS and alternate assessments will be April 10th - April 28. The three-week window will allow districts with the ability to have single group CMAS test units to complete all CMAS and alternate science, social studies, English language arts (ELA) and math testing while also allowing schools to test as close to the end of the school year as possible. Schools administering only paper-based tests should complete testing during this three week window, with the exception of students taking the paper-based form as an accommodation in a school taking the assessments online.
Colorado will continue to use a sampling approach for social studies. One-third of elementary and middle schools will participate in spring 2017. Colorado will be using the 2016-17 school year to investigate the possibility of using the SAT Analysis in History/Social Studies sub score as the Colorado high school social studies indicator. Therefore, social studies will not be assessed in high school in spring 2017. All social studies and science tests must be scheduled and completed between April 10th and April 28th, but districts needing more time to complete their ELA and math testing due to device numbers (i.e., the number of computers available will require multiple groups for each test unit) may begin testing those content areas earlier. The maximum test window for ELA and math will be six weeks. Six weeks will allow schools needing three groups per CMAS session to complete testing.
To the extent possible, students taking the alternate assessment in a content area for which they are participating in a general education class should be assessed at the same time as their general education peers to avoid missed instruction. Schools may also ensure that students taking the alternate assessment do not miss instruction from their general education class(es) through other means.
CMAS, CoAlt, and CoALT DLM
- CMAS:
- Science (grades 5, 8 and 11)
- Social studies (grades 4 and 7) 1
- PARCC English language arts (grades 3 through 9) 2
- PARCC math (grades 3 through 9)
- CoAlt:
- Science (grades 5, 8 and 11)
- Social studies (grades 4,7 and 11) 1
- CoAlt DLM:
- English language arts (grades 3 through 11)
- Math (grades 3 through 11)
| Length of testing window | Dates of testing window |
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3 weeks (science, social studies, ELA and math) |
April 10 - April 28, 2017 |
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4 weeks (additional week only for ELA and math) |
April 3rd - April 28, 2017 |
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5 weeks (additional weeks only for ELA and math) |
March 27 - April 28, 2017 or March 20 - March 24, 2017 and April 3 – April 28, 2017 |
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6 weeks (additional weeks only for ELA and math) |
March 13 - April 28, 2017 with one week of spring break in the middle 3 |
1 In 2017, social studies assessments will be administered on a sampling basis to one-third of elementary and middle schools.
2 This includes Colorado Spanish Language Arts (CSLA)
3 CoAlt DLM system is not scheduled to open until March 15.
Additional Assessments
| Length of testing window | Dates of testing window |
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ACCESS for ELLs® (K-12 grade) |
January 9 - February 10, 2017 |
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Colorado PSAT 104 |
April 11 or April 12, 2017: District choice for initial test date 4 April 25 or April 26, 2017: District choice for make-up test date |
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Colorado SAT (11 grade college entrance exam) |
April 11, 2017: Initial test date April 25, 2017: Make-up test date April 11 - 14, 2017: Accommodations window April 17 - 21, 2017: Accommodations make-up testing |
4 If Tuesday, April 11th is chosen as the initial test date for PSAT 10, the make-up date will be Tuesday, April 25. If the district chooses Wednesday, April 12th as the initial test date, the make-up date will be Wednesday, April 26.
