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Assessment Schedules

Below is the 2021-22 schedule of testing windows for each assessment in the Rhode Island State Assessment Program.

Use the navigation menu to find general information about each assessment in the statewide assessment system, or about particular components of assessment administration (e.g., manuals, trainings, results) for all statewide assessments.

ACCESS for ELLs and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs

2021-2022 ACCESS for ELLs and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs:

Updated 3.11.2022

Description Start Date End Date
WIDA AMS Test Setup Available Dec. 2, 2021 Feb. 18, 2022
Districts Receive Test Materials Dec. 21, 2021 Dec. 21, 2021
Additional Test Materials Ordering Window in AMS Dec. 21, 2021 February 11, 2022
Test Window * Jan. 10, 2022 March 11, 2022
Deadline for Shipping Completed Test Materials to DRC   March 15, 2022
Districts Receive Reports - Online May 4, 2022  
Districts Receive Reports - Printed May 20, 2022  

*Make-up Dates: All make-up tests must be completed within the test windows listed above.

Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Alternate Assessments

2021-22 Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessments Testing Windows


  • DLM Mathematics (grades 3-8, 11): April 4 - May 27, 2022
  • DLM ELA (grades 3-8, 11): April 4 - May 27, 2022
  • DLM Science (grades 5, 8, 11): April 4 - May 27, 2022

Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS)

Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS)


Please note that all students in grades 3-8 taking RICAS will do so online. The only exception is for the following individual students who are eligible for paper-based testing:

  • students with disabilities with an accommodation listed in their IEP or 504 Plan that requires a paper test administration,
  • EL students who require a paper test administration.

2021-2022 RICAS Schedule

Task Description Start Date End Date

Before Testing
RIDE nightly feed into PAN February 4, 2022 TBD
Initial SR/PNP completion window
  • Schools must complete the PNP for paper test forms by the end of this window in order to receive PBT materials (including Student ID Labels) for students who require them.
  • Any updates to the SR/PNP for PBT materials after this window closes 1) need to be made in PAN, 2) require additional materials to be ordered starting March 16 through http://ricas.pearsonsupport.com/support/, 3) will not include pre-printed Student ID Labels (student information will need to be bubbled on test booklets).
 February 7, 2022 February 18, 2022
Extended PNP completion window (any paper test forms updated during this window will need a separate order to be submitted as noted above) February 22, 2022 ELA: April 8, 2022
Math: May 6, 2022
Conduct an Infrastructure Trial (recommended) and (if needed) download and install ProctorCache software February 14, 2022 March 28, 2022
Receive test administration materials (TCMs, TAMs) and PBT materials for accommodations ELA: March 16, 2022
Math: April 13, 2022		 Prior to testing
If using ProctorCache, precache operational test content for spring 2022 testing (recommended precache no more than two weeks prior to testing) March 21, 2022 Prior to testing
Report packing discrepancies for PBT shipments. ELA: March 16, 2022
Math: April 13, 2022		 ELA: March 18, 2022
Math: April 15, 2022

Test Administration
ELA Testing Window
  • There are no extra dates for make-ups
  • ELA make-up tests must be administered within this testing window
 March 28, 2022 April 29, 2022
Math Testing Window
  • There are no extra dates for make-ups
  • Math make-up tests must be administered within this testing window
 April 25, 2022 May 27, 2022

After Testing
Deadline for updating SR/PNP information, if necessary   ELA: May 2, 2022
Math: May 31, 2022
Mark students' tests complete, if necessary   ELA: May 2, 2022
Math: May 31, 2022
Deadline to complete the PCPA After testing completed May 31, 2022
For PBT accommodations - deadline for pre-scheduled UPS pickup deadline
  • A UPS driver will automatically come to each school to pick up materials on the date listed in the calendar.
  • However, schools are encouraged to return materials once testing has been completed in the school.
   ELA:
May 3, 2022, 5:00 p.m.

Math:
May 31, 2022, 5:00 p.m.

RI SAT School Day and PSAT 10

2021-22 RI SAT School Day and PSAT 10* Testing Windows


RI SAT School Day (grade 11): The RI SAT School Day for the 2021-22 state assessments will be administered digitally during a three-day test window in April 2022.

  • Primary Test Window: April 13 - 15, 2022
  • Make-Up Test Window: April 26 - 28, 2022
  • RI SAT School Day (Paper)*: Primary Test Date: April 13; Make-up date: April 26, 2022

PSAT10 (grade 10): The PSAT10 for the 2020-21 state assessments be administered digitally in spring 2022.

  • Primary Test Window: April 13 - 15, 2022
  • Make-Up Test Window: April 26 - 28, 2022

* All schools are expected to administer all state assessments as computer-based tests. The RI SAT School Day - Paper test date is for homeschooled students and RI students enrolled in out-of-state schools. However, some students requiring a paper test as an accommodation may either be tested on April 13 or during the accommodated testing window, depending on the type of accommodation.

RI Next Generation Science Assessment (RI NGSA)

2021-2022 Rhode Island Next Generation Science Assessment (RI NGSA)


Please note that all students in grades 5, 8, and 11 taking NGSA will do so online. The only exception is for the following individual students who are eligible for paper-based testing:

  • students with disabilities with an accommodation listed in their IEP or 504 Plan that requires a paper test administration,
  • EL students who require a paper test administration.
Task Description Start Date End Date
Testing Window
  • There are no extra dates for make-ups
  • Make-up tests must be administered within this testing window
 April 25, 2022 May 27, 2022

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

2021-22 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Testing Window


NAEP will be administered to selected Rhode Island schools in 2022.

  • Reading, mathematics (grades 4, 8): January 24 - March 4, 2022

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Contact Information

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