New State Assessment

We will be administering a new state assessment this spring: The Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP).  Our professional development day in January will be dedicated to reviewing our district assessment plan and learning about this new state assessment.  Below are a few highlights of the changes in this assessment:

• While this has traditionally been a paper/pencil test, there is now also an online format.
• This assessment has writing components including constructed response in reading, math, and science as well as extended writing in an individual subtest.
• While there are guidelines for administration, the subtests of this assessment are untimed.
• There are new accessibility and accommodation features.
• Scoring reports will include student growth, proficiency, and readiness indicators. 

The testing manual is now available if you would like to preview it.  Practice items will be released soon, and I will send those out as soon as they are available. Again, details and professional development will be provided on January 21st.  I would recommend that you visit the ISASP Portal for additional updates and information.  Let me know what questions you have and we will do our best to address these during our professional development in January.