Overview
Acadience Math is a state-mandated assessment for grades Kindergarten through third.  It is a universal screener mathematics assessment and progress monitoring tool that assesses a student’s foundational knowledge and basic skills. The assessment includes subtests for number identification fluency, next number fluency, missing number fluency, advanced quantity discrimination,computation, and concepts and applications.

Link: Academic Learning Website

Link: What is Acadience Math? USBE – YouTube

Frequency:
Beginning (BOY), Middle (MOY), and End of Year (EOY)

Window:
• August 19- September 15
• December 1- January 8
• April 26- May 21

Time Frame:
3-30 minutes

Reports Available in Parent Portal:
3 weeks after the last day of the testing window.

Link: Granite Parent Portal

Overview
Acadience Reading is a state-mandated assessment for grades Kindergarten through third.  It is a universal screener reading assessment and progress monitoring tool that assesses a student’s foundational knowledge and basic skills. The assessment includes subtests for letter naming fluency, first sound fluency, phoneme segmentation, nonsense word fluency, reading fluency, reading comprehension, and retell fluency.

Link: Acadience Learning Website

Link: What is Acadience Reading? USBE – YouTube

Frequency:
Beginning (BOY), Middle (MOY) , and End of Year (EOY)

Window:
• August 19- September 15
• December 1- January 8
• April 26- May 21

Time Frame:
3-30 minutes

Reports Available in Parent Portal:
3 weeks after the last day of the testing window.

Link: Granite Parent Portal

Overview
American College Testing (ACT) is a standardized exam designed to evaluate high school students’ general educational development and their readiness for college-level work for grade 11. The test covers core subjects typically studied through the third year of high school: English, reading, mathematics, and science. The ACT is the most commonly submitted college readiness assessment for local universities.

Link: ACT for Parents and Students
Link: ACT Practice Test Questions

Frequency:
End of Year

Window:
March 23

Time Frame:
45-60 minutes per subject

Reports Available:
Reports are available 2-3 months after the student has completed the ACT. They can be found in the student’s MyACT account. Results can be sent directly to a university of choice if students have completed their MyACT correctly before testing. High School transcripts with ACT scores are available, please ask the school’s secretary.

Overview
Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) is an alternate assessment system designed for students in grades three through eleven with significant cognitive disabilities to measure growth and proficiency according to their academic goals created in an IEP.  The subtests designed to assess student achievement include English language arts, mathematics, and sciences.

Link: Utah | Dynamic Learning Maps

Link: Benefits to the DLM Assessment – English (PDF)
Link: Benefits to the DLM Assessment – Spanish (PDF)

Link: Parent Score Interpretation Guide – English (PDF)
Link: Parent Score Interpretation Guide – Spanish (PDF)

Frequency:
End of Year

Window:
March 8 – May 21

Time Frame:
30- 40 minutes per subject

Reports Available in Parent Portal:
August

Link: Granite Parent Portal

Overview
The Readiness, Improvement, Success, and Empowerment (RISE) assessment is designed to assess the knowledge, skills, and abilities described in the Utah Core Standards.  The assessment includes subtests for reading, math, and science for grades three through eight and writing for grades five and eight only.  RISE is used for both proficiency and growth calculations and provides benchmarks to assess a student’s academic progress on core standards throughout the academic school year.

Link: RISE Assessment Portal

Link: Making Sense of RISE Scores (PDF)

Link: RISE Testing: A Guide for Utah Families (PDF)

Link: RISE Testing Overview (PDF)

Frequency:
End of Year

Window:
March 22- May 21

Time Frame:
90- 135 minutes per subject

Reports Available in Parent Portal:
3 weeks after the last day of the testing window.

Link: Granite Parent Portal

Overview
STAMP (the STAndards-based Measurement of Proficiency) is taken by students in grades three through nine who are enrolled in the Dual Immersion programs (Spanish, French, and Chinese).  It is a national standards-based assessment that measures language learning across three modes of communication (interpersonal, presentational, and interpretive) and provides information about a student’s ability to listen, speak, write, interpret a reading passage, and/or listen to and interpret spoken language.  

• Grades 3, 5, 7: Listening and Speaking
• Grades 4, 6, 8: Reading and Writing
• Grade 9- Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing

Link: STAMP Guide for Parents and Students| Avant Assessment

Frequency:
Once a year 

Window:
October 19 – November 24th

Time Frame:
60-120 minutes

Reports Available in Parent Portal:
By January 12th

Link: Granite Parent Portal

Seal of Biliteracy:
Link: The Utah Seal of Biliteracy Assessment

Overview
The World-class Instructional Design Assessment (WIDA) assessment is designed to assess a students’ English language proficiency across four domains: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. WIDA is used for both proficiency and growth calculations, and provides guidance for the student’s learning needs.

Link: WIDA Website

Link: What is WIDA Access? (PDF)

Link: Why Does Utah Assess English Learners? (PDF)

Frequency:
Middle of Year

Window:
January 6- March 6

Time Frame:
• 2 hours for Elementary
• 3 hours for Secondary

Reports Available in Parent Portal:
Sometime in May

Link: Granite Parent Portal