Assessments

In addition to the daily informal assessments and periodic formal assessments given by your child's teacher, your student may be given one or more of the following state mandated or district initiated standardized assessments this year:

Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA)
Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)
Standards of Intelligence (SOI)
Measures of Student Progress (MSP)

Click here for more information on elementary assessments including our district assessment calendar or see below for specifics on tests currently going on at Discovery. 

State and District Assessment Calendar 2018-2019
Who What When
Kindergarten CogAT Screener November 5-8, 2018
2nd Grade ITBS January 15-18, 2019
2nd Grade CogAT March 5-7, 2019
3rd - 5th Grades Smarter Balanced Assessment April 22 - May 22, 2019
Smarter Balanced Assessment

The Smarter Balanced Assessment is the test we use in Washington State to measure student achievement in math and English language arts. All students in grades 3, 4, and 5 take the test online during school. The assessment will measure critical thinking with questions that ask students to demonstrate their research, writing, and problem solving skills in both math and English language arts.

Useful Links:
SBA Sample Questions
Practice and Training Tests
Achievement Levels
Understand your child’s score video (bottom of page)
SBA Development and Design
Washington Test Guide for Parents (Great Schools)

Testing Times and Breaks:
Typically students will start the test around 9:30 a.m. and finish within 2-3 hours. However, assessments are untimed and students can take breaks as needed. Students may bring snacks to eat during their breaks. Please make sure your student is on time and well rested.

Testing Schedule:
Smarter Balanced Testing happens in April and May. Look for the 2018-2019 testing schedule here sometime after Winter Break.

Equal Opportunity Notice

The Issaquah School District complies with all applicable federal and state rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in its programs and activities, or employment related matters, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees are designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Executive Director of Human Resources and Legal Affairs, District Title IX Coordinator, Section 504/ADA Coordinator or Compliance Coordinator for 28A.540 and 28A.642 RCW, in writing at or by telephone at 425.837.7060. The Issaquah School District will also take steps to assure that national origin persons who lack English language skills can participate in all educational programs, services and activities. For information regarding translation services or transitional bilingual education programs, contact the Director of Student Interventions in writing at 565 NW Holly St., Issaquah, WA 98027 or by telephone at 425.837.7000.
Sena Camarata, Title IX Coordinator Melissa Evans, District HIB Coordinator Lisa Hechtman, Civil Rights Compliance Officer Pam Ridenour, Section 504 Coordinator
425-837-7000 565 NW Holly Street, Issaquah, WA 98027
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