TESTING SCHEDULE FOR SY 2010-2011

NMSBA (New Mexico Standards Based Assessment) is required by the state of New Mexico as per Statutory Chapter 22-2C-4.

	The academic assessment program for adequate yearly progress shall test student achievement as follows: (1)     for grades three through eight and for grade eleven, standards-based assessments in mathematics, reading and language arts and social studies;  (2)     for grades three through eight, a standards-based writing assessment with the writing assessment scoring criteria applied to the extended response writing portions of the language arts standards-based assessments; and
		(3)     for one of grades three through five and six through eight and for grade eleven, standards-based assessments in science by the 2007-2008 school year.

		All students shall participate in the academic assessment program.  The department shall adopt standards for reasonable accommodations in standards-based assessments for students with disabilities and limited English proficiency, including when and how accommodations may be applied.  The legislative education study committee shall review the standards prior to adoption by the department.

		Students who have been determined to be limited English proficient may be allowed to take the standards-based assessment in their primary language.  A student who has attended school for three consecutive years in the United States shall participate in the English language reading assessment unless granted a waiver by the department based on criteria established by the department.  An English language reading assessment waiver may be granted only for a maximum of two additional years and only on a case-by-case basis Accountability Reports can be found under District>Student Learning>AYP Disaggregated Data for School Year 2008-2009     Math     Reading

NWEA (Measure of Academic Progress)- Short cycle assessment
These computerized tests are adaptive and offered in Reading, Language Usage, Mathematics,  General Science, and Concepts and Processes.  When taking a MAP test, the difficulty of each question is based on how well a student answers all the previous questions.  As the student answers correctly, questions become more difficult.  If the student answers incorrectly, the questions become easier.  In an optimal test, a student answers approximately half the items correctly and half incorrectly.  The final score is an estimate of the student's acheivement level.   After each testing cycle, you may discuss your child's achievement level with his/her teacher and together develop a plan to help your child improve in each of the testing areas.  Proficiency in each of the tested areas is an indication of how well a student will perform on the NM Standards Based Assessment used for determining AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress).
        Fall 2009
        Winter 2010
        Spring 2010

NMELPA/ACCESS
The NM English Language Proficiency Assessment has been re-named and is now ACCESS for English Language Learners.  The purpose of this test is to determine how well English Language Learners are progressing in acquiring the necessary language skills to become proficient in English.  Only students who are classified as ELL (English Language Learners) are tested.  Once a student becomes proficient in English Language skills, they are exited from the program.

NMHSCE
The fall 2009 administration of the NMHSCE is for students in Grades 11, 12, and “13” who have not passed all subtests of the NMHSCE or have not taken the examination at all. Grade “13” students who have fulfilled other course and credit requirements may return within five years of exiting the school system to take and pass the NMHSCE even though they are not enrolled. Students will take only the test sessions that they did not pass in prior administrations of the NMHSCE. For example, if a student has passed Reading, Written Composition, Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science but has failed Social Studies, that student will take only the Social Studies session of the retest.
The NMHSCE is being replaced by the grade 11 Standards Based Assessment/New Mexico High School Graduation Assessment (SBA/HSGA) in spring 2011. Beginning in 2009-2010, the NMHSCE will only be administered as a retest to students who took it in 2008-2009 or earlier.

NAEP
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only nationally representative, continuing assessment of what America’s students know and can do in various subject areas.  The NAEP only collects information related to academic achievement and no data is reported at the district, school, or student level except in the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) Districts.  NAEP guarantees the privacy of individual students, their families, and their schools. It is a survey designed to produce national and state level results; it is not a testing program for individual students or schools.  Since 1969, assessments have been conducted periodically in reading, mathematics, science, writing, history, geography, and other subject areas.

NAEP is also known as The Nation’s Report Card. 
        2009 4th Grade Mathematics
        2009 8th Grade Mathematics

To find out when testing cycles begin, please go to the Testing Calendar