Assessment

Edison Assessment Calendar

At Edison, teachers use formative assessment to support planning for instruction. Teachers assess students with both standardized tests and reading and math unit assessments to group students into small groups for instruction and to determine what students have learned and what they need additional support with.

The following assessments are requried by Denver Public Schools and/or the Colorado Department of Education:

TS Gold

  • Who: ECE and Kinder

  • When: October,

    February,

    April

  • Assesses: 

    Social Emotional, Physical, Language, Cognitive, Math, ELA

  • Parents cannot OPT out

DIBELS 8 Screener

  • Who: K-5th Grade

  • When: August, January, May

  • Additional Info: This is Edison's

    READ Act assessment which is required for all K-5 students. Students identified as significantly below grade level will be place on a READ plan to support reading growth.

  • Parents cannot OPT out


STAR Reading

  • Who: 1st-5th

  • When: August, September, November, January, March, April

  • Additional Info: Computer based reading assessement used to monitor students' growth in reading, support placement in intervention groups and reading groups.

  • Parents cannot OPT out


STAR Math

  • Who: 1st-5th

  • When: August, September, November, January, March, April

  • Additional Info: Computer based math assessement used to monitor students' growth in math, support placement in intervention groups and math classes.

  • Parents cannot OPT out

DPS Interims

  • Who: 3rd-5th Grade

  • When: October and February

  • Additional Info: Students' math and reading skills are assessed using a 'CMAS like' computer based assessment. Assessment data is used to support instructional decisions and differentiated support in the classroom.

  • Parents cannot OPT out

NNAT-GT Screener

  • Who: All kinder and 2nd grade students

  •  

    When: September-December

  • Additional Info:

    GT teacher assess all 2nd and kinder students. Caregivers are notified of assessment results in December.

  • Parents can opt students out.

CMAS

  • Who: 3rd-5th grade

    • 3rd grade - reading and math

    • 4th grade - reading, math and social studies

    • 5th grade - reading, math and science

  • When:  April

  • Parent can opt students out.

BESS-Social-emotional screener

  • Who: 

    • ECE-5th Parent screeners

    • ECE-5th Teacher screeners 

    • 3rd-5th students do screener online during morning meeting

  • When: September and February

  • Additional Info: Information from this social-emotional screener is used by the school social worker and teacher to support students' social-emotional needs, with permission from parents.

  • Parent can opt students out.

WIDA Screener

  • Who: New to district, state, or country multilingual learners

  • When: August (or within 4 days of enrollment)


ACCESS

  • Who: All identified ML’s who have not exited the program

  • When: January -February