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State Assessments
Below is a list of the required State Assessments that will be administered in the 2024-2025 school year. For more detailed information on specific assessments, click here.
CMAS (Reading and Math)
Grade: 3-8
Testing Window: April 7-25, 2025
Purpose: Provide a picture of student performance to schools, districts, teachers, parents and the community on how students are progressing academically.CMAS (Science)
Grades: 5 and 8
Testing Window: April 7-25, 2025
Grade: 11 (Science Only)
Testing Date: April 17, 2025 (Makeup April 24-25, 2025)
Purpose: Provide a picture of student performance to schools, districts, teachers, parents and the community on how students are progressing academically.
CMAS (Social Studies)
Grades: 4 and 7 at Selected Schools
Testing Window: April 7-25, 2025
Purpose: Provide a picture of student performance to schools, districts, teachers, parents and the community on how students are progressing academically.PSAT/CoPSAT (Colorado PSAT)
Grade: 9
Testing Date: April 17, 2025 (Makeup April 18-25, 2025)
Purpose: Determine post secondary readiness.PSAT/CoPSAT (Colorado PSAT)
Grade: 10
Testing Date: April 16, 2025 (Makeup April 17-25, 2025)
Purpose: Determine post secondary readiness.SAT/CoSAT (Colorado SAT)
Grade: 11
Testing Date: April 16, 2025 (Makeup April 18-25, 2025)
Purpose: Determine post secondary readiness.Alternate CMAS CoAlt
Grade: 4-8 and 11 (Students with significant cognitive disabilities)
Testing Window: April 7-25, 2025
Purpose: Provide a performance level at which students with significant cognitive disabilities meet the Colorado Academic Standards in Science and Social Studies.Alternate DLM/Kite
Grade: 3-11 (Students with significant cognitive disabilities)
Testing Window: April 7-25, 2025
Purpose: Alternate for CMAS, PSAT/SAT and will provide a common measure of academic achievement for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
WIDA ACCESS
Grade: Kindergarten-12 (Multilingual Learners)
Testing Window: January 13-February 14, 2025
Purpose: Assesses English language proficiency in listening, reading, speaking and writingKindergarten Readiness
Grade: Kindergarten
Testing Window: Within the first 60 calendar days of school
Purpose: Required by CDE. Used by Kindergarten teachers to determine what their students know, what they can do and how that relates to important objectives for development and learning.District Assessments
Below is a list of the District Assessments that will be administered in the 2024-2025 school year. For more detailed information on specific assessments, click here
Star Assessment
Grade: Kindergarten-10
Testing Window: Beginning of Year: August 19-September 13, 2024 Mid-Year: December 9, 2024-December 20, 2024 End of Year: April 21-May 9, 2025
Purpose: To effectively track progress towards CCSD's priority of instructional excellence. The beginning of year assessment also fulfills the Colorado READ Act requirements for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade.
CogAT
Grade: 2 and 6
Testing Window: September 9-November 1, 2024
Purpose: Part of a Body of Evidence (BOE) to determine if students qualify for Gifted & Talented ServicesIowa
Grade: 2 and 6
Testing Window: October 7-December 6, 2024
Purpose: Part of a Body of Evidence (BOE) to determine if students qualify for Gifted & Talented Services. For students who score 90% or higher on the CogAT. These assessments measure achievement in several important content areas including Reading, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
ACT WorkKeys
Grade: 12
Testing Window: October 9-December 6, 2024; January 13-February 28, 2025; April 1-May 23, 2025
Purpose: In order to meet graduation guidelines criteria, students must earn the ACT National Career Readiness Certificate by scoring at Bronze (3) or higher in Applied Mathematics, Workplace Documents AND Graphic Literacy.Parent Exemption
Parents may excuse their student(s) from taking one or more state assessments by completing the "Parent Exemption from State Assessments" form online in the parent portal of my.cherrycreek.org.
Please complete this form as early as possible so that the school can take into account the exemptions as part of their assessment administration schedule.
State Assessment Exemption Parent Guide