For your convenience, underlined text are hyperlinks to locations in the Assessment Toolbox.

You will need your NSD email username & password to download these documents.

Math Testing Reminders:

• February 27 - March 16: Kindergarten - 6th Grade Math Trimester 2 Benchmark Testing Window
  • Benchmark 2 Documents (Directions, Correlation Guide, Answer Key, & Copy of Student Test) are now available on the Assessment Toolbox.
• Note:
  • Student Math tests are ordered by schools this year.  Check with your office manager for details.
  • Some changes have been made to formatting and scoring.  Please see grade level documents for more information.

Reading Testing Reminders:

• February 1 - March 16 Testing Window for:
  
  • K-ELA: Tasks 4-7 for ALL Kindergarten Students, Tasks 1-3 for any that were not mastered in Trimester 1
    
  • 1st Grade ALL students are assessed with IRR this trimester.  Required Math & Literacy Assessment Calendar for 2011-12 is available in the Assessment Toolbox under Useful Assessment Resources.
  • 2nd - 6th Grade: IRRs used only for students who do not meet standard on grade level assessment, previous IRR or MSP.
• Note:
  
  • The winter IRR genre is FICTION.  Click here to see more information about the IRR Required Genre per Testing Window.

eSIS Data Entry Reminders:

• February 27 - March 23 (closes at 11:59 p.m.): Data Entry Window for Math and Reading
• Note:
  • The data entry process for assessment scores remains the same as in the past.  Remember when you utilize the Finalize button, your data is available in eSIS Reports immediately and on Data Dashboard (DDS) within 24 hours.
  • If you have questions about eSIS and/or Data Dashboard (DDS), please review these FAQs.