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Assessment Schedules

Below is the 2020-21 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

2020-2021 ACCESS for ELLs and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs:

Description	Start Date	End Date
Districts Receive Reports - Online (2020-21 Testing Year)	May 24, 2021
Districts Receive Reports - Printed (2020-21 Testing Year)	June 17, 2021

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

Description	Start Date	End Date
WIDA AMS Test Setup Available	TBA	TBA
Districts Receive Test Materials	TBA	TBA
Additional Test Materials Ordering Window in AMS	TBA	TBA
Test Window *	Jan. 10, 2022	Feb. 18, 2022
Deadline for Shipping Completed Test Materials to DRC		TBA
Districts Receive Reports - Online	TBA
Districts Receive Reports - Printed	TBA

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

Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Alternate Assessments

Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessments

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)

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.

2020-2021 RICAS Schedule

Task Description	Start Date	End Date
Results
Districts receive results - Online	TBA	TBA
Districts receive Student ISRs - Paper	TBA	TBA
Districts provide paper Student ISRs to families	TBA	TBA

2021-2022 RICAS Schedule

The 2021-2022 RICAS schedule for ELA and math test administration and key dates for spring 2022 will be posted soon.

RI SAT School Day and PSAT 10

RI SAT School Day and PSAT 10*

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
Before Testing
RIDE nightly feed into NGSA TIDE	TBA	TBA
Assign student accessibility features and accommodations (SR/PNP)	TBA	TBA
Order paper-based testing materials for students needing that accommodation	TBA	TBA
Receive PBT materials for accommodations	TBA	TBA
Download and distribute test administrator manuals and test security requirements as digital or printed copies	TBA	TBA
Test Administration
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
After Testing
Review eRIDE enrollment in case students were added during the testing window	TBA	TBA
Deadline to complete the PCPA	Completion of Testing	TBA
Results
Districts receive results - Online	TBA	TBA
Districts receive Student ISRs - Paper	TBA	TBA
Districts provide paper Student ISRs to families	TBA	TBA