Rhode Island State Assessment Schedule

Office of Instruction, Assessment and Curriculum

Rhode Island State Assessment Schedule for 2011 - 2012

Below is the current school year's assessment schedule. For information on an individual assessment, click the appropriate link below. For information about NECAP test administration and data interpretation workshops, click here.

NECAP	RIAA	Access for ELLs	Achieve	DRA
Teaching Strategies Gold Progress Checkpoints Assessments			NAEP	TechLiteracy Assessment

Updates for Fall 2011:

To submit your district's testing schedule for NECAP...
	click here for the form for Fall 2011	OR	click here for the form for Spring 2012
Directions for submission via email are at the bottom of each form.

Forms containing the NECAP Monitoring Visits Interview Questions for...
District Test Coordinators	School Test Coordinators / Principals	Test Administrators / Teachers
RIDE staff will be conducting NECAP monitoring visits this fall and will be using these forms during the visits. Districts / schools / teachers are welcome to review and use these forms as needed during their NECAP preparation.

New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP):

Content Area:

Grades Tested:

Administration Dates:

Reading, Mathematics:

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11

Oct. 3-25, 2011

Writing:

5, 8, 11

Oct. 3-25, 2011

Science:

4, 8, 11

May 7 - 24, 2012

Rhode Island Alternate Assessment (RIAA):

For more information about trainings, webinars, and drop-in sessions, go to the RIAA page and click on 'Calendar'.

Reading, Mathematics:

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10

ALL Content Areas:

Collection Period 1: Oct. 3 - Nov. 14, 2012
Collection Period 2: Jan. 9 - Feb. 3, 2012
Collection Period 3: March 12 - Apr. 6, 2012

Writing:

4, 7, 10

Science:

4, 8, 11

ACCESS for ELLs:

English Language Proficiency:

K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Jan. 18 - Feb. 15, 2012

Achieve:

Algebra I and II:

Secondary

Rhode Island will not be participating in this assessment for the 2011-12 school year.

Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA):

Reading:

Grades K, 1

(Limited school participation)
May 1-31, 2012

Teaching Strategies GOLD Progress Checkpoints Assessments:

Early Childhood Special Education / Pre-K:

Early Childhood Special Education,
State-funded Pre-K Classrooms

November 11, 2011 // February 24, 2012 // June 1, 2012

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP):

Reading, Mathematics, Science:

Grades 4, 8

Rhode Island was not selected to participate in any of the NAEP assessments for the 2011-12 school year.

Technology Assessment:

TechLiteracy Assessment:

Grade 8

Dec. 5-16, 2011
April 30 - May 11, 2012

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