2025-26 Assessment Schedule

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1	Assessment Schedule 2025-2026 *
2	* State Assessments may be subject to change per the Colorado Department of Education (CDE)	Revised 10/01/2025
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4	Assessment	Grade(s)	State or District	Description and Purpose	Testing Window/Date	Testing Time
5	Teaching Strategies Gold	PK - K	State	An authentic observation-based assessment system to assess school readiness	September - October	Not timed
6	DIBELS: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy	K - 3	State	One minute fluency measures to monitor the development of early literacy skills (Students who require reading interventions are monitored bi-weekly/monthly)	Fall: Aug 25th - Sep 12th	5-10 minutes
7					Winter: Dec 1st - 18th	5-10 minutes
8					Spring: May 4th - 15th	5-10 minutes
9	i-Ready	K - 8	District	Adaptive, computerized assessments that measure student achievement and growth in reading and math	Fall: Aug 25th - Sep 12th	K-1: 50 minutes 2-8: 90 minutes
10					Winter: Dec 1st - 18th	K-1: 50 minutes 2-8: 90 minutes
11					Spring: May 4th - 15th	K-1: 50 minutes 2-8: 90 minutes
12	PSAT and SAT*	9 - 10 & 12*	State & District	An academic assessment designed to set a baseline for students entering high school *SAT retakes w/ fee	October 15th	4 hours
13	PSAT/NMSQT: National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test	11 & 10*	State & District	National Merit Scholarhip Qualification Test and district benchmark assessment *10th can take it with a fee	October 15th	4 hours
14	ACCESS for ELLs (English Language Learners)	K - 12 ELL students	State	English language proficiency assessment given to K-12 ELL students to monitor their development of English language skills	January 12th - February 12th	4 hours
15	NAEP 2026: National Assessment of Educational Progress	Merit Academy 8	State	Given to a sample of state-selected students to provide comparable nationwide data to understand how our state is serving Colorado students	January 26th - March 20th	1.5 hours
16	CogAT: Cognitive Abilities Test	2 & 6	District	A cognitive abilities test that estimates students' reasoning and problem solving skills and is one data point in identifying gifted students	2nd grade: Mar 2nd - 13th	2-3 hours
17					6th grade: Oct 1st - 15th	2-3 hours
18	CMAS/CoALT/DLM: English Language Arts & Math	3 - 8	State	State summative assessments in English Language Arts and Mathematics to monitor academic progress	April 6th - 22nd	ELA: 4-6 hours Math: 3-4 hours
19	CMAS/CoALT: Science	5, 8, & 11*	State	State summative assessment in Science to monitor academic progress	April 6th - 22nd *Possible early window for 11th grade: March 30th - April 17th	2-4 hours
20	CMAS/CoALT: Social Studies	Columbine ES 4	State	State summative assessment in Social Studies to monitor academic progress	April 6th - 22nd	65 mins
21	PSAT	9 - 10	State	An assessment to monitor academic progress, assess college and career readiness, and identify potential for success in advanced coursework	April 13th - 22nd	2-3 hours
22	SAT	11	State & District	A globally recognized college admission test and a district graduation requirememnt	April 13th - 22nd	2-3 hours
23	Weekend SAT days*	11-12	State & District	Optional days to test for early college admissions (i.e. December graduates) or retakes *Requires a fee	August 23rd, September 13th, October 4th, December 6th, March 14th, May 2nd	2-3 hours
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