Falls Church City Assessment Schedule* 2010-2011 DRAFT

Tests by school system (FCCPS), state of Virginia (DOE) or US Education Department (USED)

Test Location Date

Fall Testing
Pre-Tests: Reading Assessments – FCCPS & DOE; Benchmark
Grades 1 to 3 Phonol. Awareness Literacy Screen. (PALS) MD & TJ 9/20 – 10/15/2010
Grades 1 & 2 Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) MD & TJ 9/13 – 10/29/2010
Grades 3 to 7 Qualitative/Scholastic Read. Inventory (Q/SRI) TJ & MEH 9/13 – 10/29/2010
Grades 8-11/12 (SRI) GM November 2010
Grade K PALS MD 10/18 – 11/12/2010
Benchmark Assessments MD, TJ & MEH 11/08 - 11/19/2010
Achievement Tests & Reading Diagnostic (fall norms); PSAT; Career Inventory - FCCPS
Grades 4 & 6 Stanford 10 Practice, Basic Battery TJ & MEH 9/17; 9/20 – 9/24/2010
Grade 7 Stanford Diagnostic Reading MEH 10/05-10/06/2010
Grades 10 & 11 PSAT GM 10/13/2010
Grade 7 Career Interest Inventory (or alternative) MEH TBA Quarterly
Grades 9 - 11 Career Interest Inventory (alternative), Naviance GM 11/08/10; 1/10 & 3/14/2011
Abilities Tests (FCCPS)
Grades1 & 3 CogAT Practice; Test MD & TJ 10/11; 10/12 – 10/15/2010
Grades 4-6 Naglieri Nonverbal (As needed) TJ & MEH TBA
Standards of Learning (SOL) For Transfer Students and Students Retesting - DOE
Writing – End of Course (EOC) GM 10/19, 10/20/2010
Grade 8 & EOC Non-Writing (Online) GM 11/29 – 12/03/2010
Expedited Retakes GM 12/06 - 12/07/2010
Mid-Year Testing
Stanford 10 Achievement Test; Benchmark – FCCPS; NAEP/TIMSS - USED
Benchmark Assessments MD, TJ & MEH 1/24 – 2/04/2011
Grade 8; NAEP Assessments GM 1/24 - 3/04/2011
Grade 2: Stanford 10 Practice; Partial Abbrev. Battery TJ 2/04; 2/07 – 2/11/2011
Spring Testing
SOL EOC, MC & CSH – DOE; WIDA Access (English Language Proficiency) – DOE
SOL Writing - Grades 5, 8 & 11 MEH & GM 3/01, 3/03/2011
WIDA Access for ELLs Grades K to 12 (LEP) All Schools 3/14 – 4/08/2011
SOL VAAP, VGLA & VSEP TJ, MEH & GM 4/25 - 5/06/2011
SOL Non-Writing: Term Graduates GM 5/09 – 6/03/2011
SOL MC Grades 3 to 8 & Content Specific History (CSH) TJ, MEH & GM 5/16 – 6/03/2011
SOL Non-Writing EOC MEH & GM 5/16 – 6/03/2011
SOL Expedited Retakes MEH & GM 5/31 – 6/03/2011
Post-tests: PALS, DRA & Q/SRI; Benchmark - FCCPS; NAEP/TIMSS - USED
Benchmark Assessments MD, TJ & MEH 3/28 – 4/08/2011
Grade 4: TIMSS/PIRLS Assessments TJ 4/04 – 5/27/2011
Grades 5-11 SRI (as needed) MEH & GM 4/05 – 5/06/2011
Grades K to 3 PALS MD & TJ 5/02 – 5/27/2011
Grades 1 to 4 DRA & Q/SRI MD & TJ 5/09 – 6/03/2011
Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, & STAMP – FCCPS
STAMP (Foreign Language) GM 4/25 – 5/06/2011
IB & AP Grades 11 & 12 (Art & General) GM 5/02 - 5/23/2011
Summer Testing - DOE
SOL EOC Writing GM 7/12 - 7/13/2011
SOL Grade 8 & EOC Non-Writing GM 7/21 - 7/22/2011
*Subject to change; May 11, 2010