MS Assessment 23-24

Assessment

Assessments provide educators with the information they need to make essential instructional decisions. In the same way that a scientist may collect and analyze water samples to determine the quality of our streams and lakes, teachers and administrators use state tests, performance assessments, and other forms of assessments to measure how well students are learning and determine how best to support them moving forward.

A balanced assessment system employs a variety of measures and types of assessment to provide the most useful information to students, parents, teachers, administrators, legislators, and the public.

Formative assessment provides immediate usable feedback on student learning. These are assessments FOR learning.

Interim (or benchmark) assessments serve as “checkpoints” for longer-term student progress.

Summative assessments allow a look back at the entirety of the instructional period. They provide valuable information for planning the next instructional year and beyond.  These are assessments OF learning.

Want to learn more as a parent?  Parent Assessment Literacy- Oregon Department of Education Resource

State Summative Assessment Information for the 2023-2024 School year

What State Assessments will my child take in 2023-2024?

English Language Arts: Grades 3-8 and 11

Math: Grades 3-8 and 11

Science: Grades 5, 8, and 11

English Language Proficiency Assessment: Grades K-12 for students receiving English Language Development services
 

Parental Rights

You have the right to opt your child out of state summative tests in English Language Arts and Math. (Please see below for rules associated with other state assessments.)

To opt out of the tests, you must complete the 2023-2024 Opt-Out form and submit it to your child’s school. The opt-out form is available at the link below.

Any student exempted from a state test will be provided with supervised study time while other students are testing.

Test results offer feedback about your child’s progress. The results of these tests act as a snapshot of your child’s progress and may be used along with other pieces of information to determine their strengths and areas for improvement.

Not having information on our student’s academic progress limits our ability to accurately identify where students are struggling, where they are excelling, and whether we are fulfilling our goal of narrowing achievement gaps.

By signing the opt-out form, you may lose valuable information about how well your child is progressing in English language arts and math. Opting out may impact efforts by your school and district to equitably distribute resources and support student learning.

View the opt-out form and the Annual Notification from ODE regarding participation in the Supporting Documents section below.