WEST VIRGINIA MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS and Other Assessment Administration Schedules for 2010-2011


ACT EXPLORE AND ACT PLAN: GRADES 8 and 10

October 25, 2010 – November 5, 2010

Testing Window for ACT EXPLORE (Grade 8) & ACT PLAN (Grade 10)

 

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS (NAEP):  Grades 4, 8 and 12

January 24, 2011–
March 4, 2011

"No state test results for 2009-2010." State NAEP is administered every other year. Reading, Mathematics and Writing for 4th, 8th and 12th grades will be administered in 2011.

 

WESTEST 2 Online Writing: Grades 3-11
(Writing Scores are integrated into WESTEST 2 R/LA Scores)

February 28-March 18, 2011

Middle School Online Testing Window

March 21-April 8, 2011

High School Online Testing Window

April 11-29, 2011

Elementary School Online Testing Window

 

WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS TESTS (WESTEST 2) :  Grades 3-11

May 16-27, 2011

Testing Window

 

ALTERNATE PERFORMANCE TASK ASSESSMENT (APTA)
Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics: Grades 3-8 and 11
Science: Grades 4, 6 and 11

April 25-May 6, 2011

Testing Window

Other Assessments
(note: the assessments listed below are not administered by the Office of Assessment, Accountability and Research)  


HEAP – Health Assessment 
Grades 6, 8 and High School Health Courses

Online throughout the
school year

Ongoing based on when students are enrolled in the course

 

FitnessGram – Physical Fitness Assessment 
Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and High School Health Courses

Performance based throughout the school year               

Ongoing based on when students complete the physical education course

 


ACT College Admissions

September 11, 2010

Testing dates on Saturdays

October 23, 2010

December 11, 2010

February 12, 2011

April 9, 2011

June 11, 2011

 


SAT

October 9, 2010

Testing dates on Saturdays

November 6, 2010

December 4, 2010

January 22, 2011

March 12, 2011

May 7, 2011

June 4, 2011

 

PSAT/NMSQT: Grades 9-11 (Interested Students)

October 13, 2010

Not all students

October 16, 2010


 


HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WORK ASSESSMENT: Grade 12

Not Tested for 2010-2011 School Year

High Schools That Work is administered every other year.  Testing dates for 2011-2012 school year will be posted as they become available.

 


WORK KEYS: Grade 12

November 29-December 10, 2010

Measures Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information, Locating Information for career/technical education concentration

February 28-March 11, 2011

 


WESTELL: Grades K-12

March 28-April 29, 2011

Measures the English language proficiency of students who are not native English speakers, or have a home language other than English

   


Career/Technical Education, End of Concentration Technical Skills Test (EOCTST): Grades 9-12

January 4-15, 2011

 

May 3-June 4, 2011

 


AP (Advanced Placement) Grades 9-12

TBA

Students enrolled in AP Classes

 


TECH STEPS: Grade 8

September 2010-
April 2011

Six modules to be completed