Parents,
Our students will take the Fall Illuminate FastBridge Assessment August 30- September 17 to assess Reading and Math achievement. Students will take small sections of the assessments each day during the testing window. For each assessment, students receive an achievement percentile. In addition, student growth is calculated and growth percentiles are assigned to the level of progress.
Please encourage your child to do their best on the test. The test is not graded; FastBridge assessments are used to measure K-8 students’ academic standing and growth three times per year. Students in Grades K-1 are assessed using earlyReading and earlyMath. Both these assessments are administered in a one-on-one setting between the teacher and student, with teachers asking the assessment questions and recording student responses in the computer as they proceed. Students in Grade 2-5 take aReading and aMath, which are computer-adaptive assessments. That is, as a student answers questions correctly or incorrectly, the computer adapts so the subsequent questions will be more or less difficult until the student’s level of performance is identified. The computer-adaptive format is similar to how MAP was administered in previous years for all students in Grades K-8. The one-on-one assessments for students in Grades K-1 this year introduces a different process from how these grades have previously been assessed.
Parents, please access the link below to learn more about the assessment your child will start taking next week. Remember, this assessment is given (3) times a year in the Fall, Winter, and Spring.
http://www.scsk12.org/rpm/files/2020/Destination%202025%20Monthly_03-2020.pdf
