• 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 writing



    Kindergarten 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 Services

     

    Iowa
    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

     

Last Modified on January 24, 2025