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District Assessment Calendar

District 118 Assessment Schedule: 2024-2025

Updated August 7, 2024

Timeline Instruments/Subjects Grade Levels
August/September Benchmarking
  • AIMSweb Plus Reading
  • Fountas and Pinnell Word List
  • NWEA MAP: Reading/Language Arts
  • NWEA MAP: Math
  • K-2: All Students, 3-5: At-Risk Students Only
  • Kindergarten: All Students
  • 2-8: All Students
  • 1-8: All Students
October/November
  • Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS)
  • CogAT (Cognitive Ability Test)
  • Kindergarten: All Students
  • Gr. 5: All Students
November/December/January
  • ACCESS for ELLs
  • AIMSweb Plus Reading
  • AIMSweb Plus Math
  • NWEA MAP: Reading/Language Arts
  • NWEA MAP: Math
  • EL Students Only
  • K-2: All Students, 3-5: At-Risk Students Only
  • At-Risk Students Only
  • 2-8: All Students
  • 1-8: All Students
March/April
  • Illinois Assessment of Readiness
  • Illinois Science Assessment
  • CogAt (Cognitive Ability Test)
  • 3-8: All Students
  • Gr. 5 & 8: All Students
  • Gr. 2: All Students
April/May Benchmarking
  • AIMSweb Plus Reading
  • AIMSweb Plus Math
  • Palos South Math Placement Test
  • NWEA MAP: Reading/Language Arts
  • NWEA MAP: Math
  • K-2: All Students, 3-5: At-Risk Students Only
  • At-Risk Students Only
  • Gr. 5: All Students
  • 2-8: All Students
  • 1-8: All Students
Ongoing (Throughout the Year)
  • Progress monitoring for all students receiving academic interventions
  • Teacher created formative and summative assessments
  • Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Reading Assessment
  • K-8: All Students
  • K-8: All Students
  • K-2: All Students