New State Assessment--Practice Items Released

As we prepare for the new state assessment this spring, we will continue to share resources to help students and teachers become familiar with the format and items.  Our professional development day on January 21st will be dedicated to learning more about these resources.

Practice tests are now available.  They are approximately 1/2 the length of the tests we will take this spring and represent the various item types which students will see.  They may be accessed via the ISASP portal.  These may be shared with students and parents.


The Accessibility and Accommodations Manual is also now available on the site.  We will provide guidance to teacher teams on January 21st to determine which students may benefit from the supports offered.

We will continue to share resources as they are released.

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.