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Testing and Assessments

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State Testing Overview

Please visit to learn more about subject-matters being assessed, the purpose of each assessment, the source for the requirement, the amount of time the student will spending taking the assessment, and the format and timeline for receiving scores.

Testing At Ragsdale

Which Test?

Who Tests?

When?

Why?

What’s it Like?

NWEA Reading

All Student

Fall, Winter, Spring

To measure student growth throughout the year compared to students nation-wide in Reading

A computer adaptive test that gets progressively harder until students miss about ½ the questions.

NWEA Math

All Student

Fall, Winter, Spring

To measure student growth throughout the year compared to students nation-wide in Math

A computer adaptive test that gets progressively harder until students miss about ½ the questions.

EOCs

Math 1

Math 3

Biology

English 2

Students enrolled in courses by semester

The last 5 days of each semester

To measure proficiency and growth

Students have about 4 hours to answer around 50 questions from the course standards.

CTE Post Assessments

Business Management 1

Business Management 2

Principles of Business

Sports Marketing 1

Sports Marketing 2

Health Science 1

Foundations of Health Science

Child Development

Early Childhood

Students enrolled in courses by semester

The last 5 days of each semester

To measure proficiency and growth

Students have 2 hours to answer 100 questions from the course standards.

ACT- School Day

11th Graders

Spring

To measure students “College Readiness”

4 sub tests in English Reading, Science, Math

PreACT

10th Graders

Fall

To prepare students for the ACT

4 sub tests in English, Reading, Science, Math

SAT- School Day

11th Graders

Spring

A free opportunity for a college admissions test.

4 sub test in English, Reading, Math, Math w/o Calculator

PSAT

9th, 10th, 11th Graders

Fall

To prepare students for the SAT and to qualify 11th graders as National Merit Scholarship Finalist

3 sub tests in Reading, Writing, and Math

WorkKeys

12th Graders*

Spring

To measure how well students’ skills match those for the workforce

3-1 hour test on Work Place Documents, Graphic Literacy, & Math