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2024-2025 Assessment Calendar by Grade Level

Assessment Calendar Overview

Universal Screeners (3x/year)
Identifies where students are performing in relation to their peers
Identifies students who need additional support or enrichment
Test GRADE(s) Test WINDOW
MAP Growth/MAP Fluency Grades K-8
Reading and Math
Fall: September 3-20
Winter: December 2-20
Spring: April 28-May 16
Teaching Strategies GOLD Pre-K

Fall: November
Winter: February
Spring: May

Diagnostic/Progress Monitoring Assessments
Focuses on student proficiency in a subset of foundational skills
Test GRADE(s) Test WINDOW
CORE Phonics Grades K-2

September and May
Depending on their fall score, students may be tested again in January

CBM Reading (FastBridge) Grades 3-8 September and May
Depending on their fall score, students may be tested again in January
Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS) Kindergarten 40th Day of School: October 22
Summative Assessments
Assess students' proficiency toward grade-level standards
Test GRADE(s) Test WINDOW
District 65 Benchmark Assessments Grades K-8 End of Trimester 1
November 11-22 (Literacy K-8 and Math K-5)
End of Trimester 2
February 24-March 7 (Literacy K-8 and Math K-5)
End of Trimester 3
May 23-June 2 (Literacy only)
Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) Grades 3-8

Spring: March 3-21
(Full window: March 3-April 18)

Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) Grades 5, 8

Spring: April 7-11
(Full window: March 3-April 30)

Constitution Test Grade 7 Dates vary
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 Fall: September 16-October 4
Winter: January 6-31 (optional)
Spring: April 21-May 9
Panorama Student Survey Grades 3-8 Fall: October 21-November 1
Spring: May 12-23
Emergent Bilinguals and Individualized Education
Test GRADE(s) Test WINDOW
ACCESS
Language Screener
K-12 EL Students Only Winter: January 15-March 4
(full window)
AAPPL
Assessment for measuring Spanish language proficiency
Grade 6 (Spanish Language Arts and Dual Language) Month of November

Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM)
Cognitive Disabilities

Grades 3-11 (Cognitive Impairments) Spring: March 12-May 7
(full window)