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2025-2026 Assessment Calendar by Grade Level

Universal Screeners (3x/year)
Identifies where students are performing toward grade-level expectations and national norms.
Identifies students who need additional support or enrichment
Test GRADE(s) Test WINDOW
Renaissance STAR Early Literacy K-2 Fall: September 2 - September 19
Winter: December 1 - December 19
Spring: May 4- May 22
Renaissance STAR Reading 3-8 Fall: September 2- September 19
Winter: December 1- December 19
Spring: May 4- May 22 
i-Ready Math Diagnostic K-8

Fall:

  • Kindergarten: September 15-October 3
  • Grades 1-8: August 25- September 19

Winter: December 1- December 19
Spring: May 4-May 22
Teaching Strategies GOLD / Cognitive ToyBox (Literacy, Math, and Social-Emotional Learning) Pre-K

Fall: November
Winter: February
Spring: May
Diagnostic/Progress Monitoring Assessments
Focuses on student proficiency on a subset of foundational skills
Test GRADE(s) Test WINDOW
CORE Phonics K-1
Some in 2nd grade

September and May
Depending on fall scores, some students may be assessed again in January. Some 2nd graders may be assessed based on screening scores and the need for additional information.
STAR CBM Reading Fluency 2-5 September and May
CBM Reading (FastBridge) 6-8 Fall: by September 26
Spring: by May 22
Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS) Kindergarten 40th Day of School: October 27
Summative Assessments
Assess students' proficiency toward grade-level standards
Test GRADE(s) Test WINDOW
Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) 3-8

Spring: March 16 -April 17
(Full window: March 2-April 17)
Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) 5, 8 Spring: March 2- March 13
(Full window: March 2-April 30)
Physical Fitness Assessment All grades (5 & 7 required) Fall: September
Spring: April
Social-Emotional Learning Assessments
Test GRADE(s) Test WINDOW
Social Academic and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS and mySAEBRS) K-8

Winter: December 1-19
Spring: April 20-May 1 (Not required for 8th grade)
Panorama Student Survey 3-8 Fall: October 20- October 31
Spring: May 11- May 22
Emergent Bilinguals and Individualized Education
Test GRADE(s) Test WINDOW
ACCESS
Language Screener		 K-12 EL Students Only Winter: January 14 - February 25

(Full Window: January 14 - March 3)
AAPPL
Assessment for measuring Spanish language proficiency		 6 (Spanish Language Arts and Dual Language) Month of November

Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM)
Cognitive Disabilities

 3-11 (Cognitive Impairments) Spring: March 11 - May 6