8150    Testing Program of the School Department

Students/General

Kindergarten: No group tests. Individual testing to be done according to guidelines which will be developed by the school department.

Grade 1: Same format as kindergarten.

Grade 2: Same format as kindergarten.

Grade 3: Same format as kindergarten.

Grade 4: Reading and math component of the California Achievement Test to be administered in May of school year .

Grade 5: Same format as kindergarten.

Grade 6: Administration in May of school year of full-scale achievement test. Specific test to be determined by testing committee. Off level testing and/or no testing for those students who meet a to-be-defined standard.

Grade 7: Administration of the Verbal, Reading and Math subtests of the Iowa Test.

Grade 8: Administration of the complete Iowa Test.

Grade 9: Administration of the Differential Aptitude Test.

Grade 10: Administration of the complete Iowa Test and administration of the National Education Development Test (Iowa Test mandatory, NEDT voluntary with slight fee charged).

Grade 11: Administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) and the National Merit Student Qualifying Test in the fall. This testing is voluntary and students will be charged a slight fee.

Administration of the Scholastic Aptitude Test and the Student Achievement Test (College Board Exams) in the spring under the conditions mentioned in fall testing, grade 11.

Grade 12: Administration of College Board Exams in fall as above for Grade 11.

Ruled Adopted: 10/14/75

Revised: 10/26/76

Norm-Referenced Testing

The school district will establish and maintain a standardized basic norm referenced testing program which can be used, communicated and interpreted by school and by district.

The program will lend itself to

1.      an assessment of the educational program of the district for purposes of charting the growth of groups of children, grades, schools and the district from year to year .

2.      appropriate reports to the school committee

3.      providing additional supportive information to aid in curriculum development

4.      The district testing program shall embody those tests required for district participation in school committee approved programs.

Norm-referenced tests are given to obtain comparisons between South Kingstown students and students throughout the country. They are not designed to accurately measure the mental capabilities or achievement of the individual student. These tests can serve as a predictor of academic achievement in traditional classroom.

This letter, printed in red, is to be attached to any norm-referenced test results given to parents.

This group test is designed and given to obtain comparisons between our students and other students in Rhode Island and the nation.  It is not designed to accurately measure the mental capabilities or achievement of the individual student. It can serve as a predictor of academic achievement in a traditional classroom. Further information regarding this test can be obtained by contacting the principal of your child's school.

Approved: 1/10/78