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| DIBELS Reading | District | North Star Raleigh | Sept 21 - Oct 8 Jan 4 - Jan 29 May 3 - May 28 | 30 Minutes | The DIBELS measures were specifically designed to assess the Big Ideas in Reading. They are designed to be short (one minute) fluency measures used to regularly monitor the development of early literacy and early reading skills. These research-based measures are linked to one another and predictive of later reading proficiency. | |
| MCA: Reading | State | North Star Raleigh | May 3 - 4 Make-up May 6 | Reading: 2.5 to 3 hours | The purpose of the MCA is to measure Minnesota students’ achievement on the Minnesota Academic Standards. The MCA results inform curriculum decisions at the district level; inform instruction at the classroom level; and, in reading and mathematics, demonstrate student academic progress from year to year. | |
| MCA: Math | State | North Star Raleigh | May 10 - 11 Make-up May 13 | Reading: 2.5 to 3 hours | The purpose of the MCA is to measure Minnesota students’ achievement on the Minnesota Academic Standards. The MCA results inform curriculum decisions at the district level; inform instruction at the classroom level; and, in reading and mathematics, demonstrate student academic progress from year to year. | |
| MCA: Reading | State | North Star | May 10 and 13 | Reading: 2.5 to 3 hours | The purpose of the MCA is to measure Minnesota students’ achievement on the Minnesota Academic Standards. The MCA results inform curriculum decisions at the district level; inform instruction at the classroom level; and, in reading and mathematics, demonstrate student academic progress from year to year. | |
| MCA: Math | State | North Star Raleigh | May 11 and 14 | Reading: 2.5 to 3 hours | The purpose of the MCA is to measure Minnesota students’ achievement on the Minnesota Academic Standards. The MCA results inform curriculum decisions at the district level; inform instruction at the classroom level; and, in reading and mathematics, demonstrate student academic progress from year to year. | |
| MCA: Science | State | North Star Raleigh | May 17 and 18 Make up May 20 | 1.75 hours | The purpose of the MCA is to measure Minnesota students’ achievement on the Minnesota Academic Standards. The MCA results inform curriculum decisions at the district level; inform instruction at the classroom level; and, in reading and mathematics, demonstrate student academic progress from year to year. | |
| MCA: Science | State | North Star | May 18 and 21 | 1.75 hours | The purpose of the MCA is to measure Minnesota students’ achievement on the Minnesota Academic Standards. The MCA results inform curriculum decisions at the district level; inform instruction at the classroom level; and, in reading and mathematics, demonstrate student academic progress from year to year. | |
| MTAS: Science, Reading, and Math | State | North Star Raleigh | March 8 - May 21 | 1-2 hours | The MTAS measures the extent to which students with significant cognitive disabilities are making progress in the general education curriculum on standards that have been reduced in breadth, depth, and complexity. The MTAS is a performance-based assessment where performance tasks in reading, mathematics, and science are administered to students in a one-on-one setting. | |
| ACCESS for ELL's | State | North Star Raleigh | Jan 25 - Mar 19 | Listening: 40 minutes Reading: 35 minutes Speaking: 30 minutes | The purpose of ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 is to monitor student progress in English language proficiency (ELP) on a yearly basis and to serve as a criterion to aid in determining when ELLs have attained language proficiency comparable to that of their English-proficient peers. |