Secondary State Assessments

  • The Role of State Assessments

    Colorado has a series of educational standards known as the Colorado Academic Standards that outline academic objectives for students in every grade across 10 content areas. The standards are designed to ensure students are prepared to succeed in their path of choice upon high school graduation. Colorado has implemented a set of common assessments known as the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) and PSAT/SAT. The Classical Academy publishes the assessment calendar each fall based on the CDE guidelines.  Each school will communicate its testing schedule on or before March 1, 2023.

    State Testing InformationThis year, TCA seventh and eighth-grade students will be taking the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) tests. Additionally, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors will be taking the PSAT-8/9, the PSAT-10, the SAT-11, and the CMAS Science-11 assessments. Our commitment is to minimize the impact testing has on the learning environment while still striving to collect the most helpful student achievement and growth data possible.

    2022-2023 Spring State Testing Information (Secondary):

    Junior High Testing:

      • 7th grade:  CMAS English Language Arts/Math, April 10 – April 21
      • 8th grade:  CMAS English Language Arts/Math/Science, April 10 – April 21

    Monday April 10, 2023 7:45-9:20 am7th & 8th grade CMAS Math 1Tuesday, April 11, 2023 7:45-9:20 am7th & 8th grade CMAS Math 2Wednesday, April 12, 2023 7:45-9:20 am7th & 8th grade CMAS Math 3Thursday, April 13, 2023 7:45-9:50 am7th & 8th grade CMAS ELA 1Monday, April 17, 2023 7:45-9:50 am7th & 8th grade CMAS ELA 2Tuesday, April 18, 2023 7:45-9:50 am7th & 8th grade CMAS ELA 3Wednesday, April 19, 2023 7:45-9:20 am8th grade CMAS Science 1Thursday, April 20, 2023 7:45-9:20 am8th grade CMAS Science 2Friday, April 21, 2023 7:45-9:20 am8th grade CMAS Science 3

    High School Testing:

    Tuesday, April 11, 2023 
    11th grade: CMAS Science, 7:45am-11:00am
    All grades 9th-12th: Attend school from 11:30-3:00pm

    Wednesday, April 12, 2023
    9th grade: PSAT 8/9, 7:45am-11:45am10th grade: PSAT 10, 7:45am-11:45am11th grade: SAT, 7:45am-12:30pm, 1:00pm (SAT w/essay)

    Colorado State Testing Resources:http://www.cde.state.co.us/assessment/sat-psat

    If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact our School Assessment Coordinator:Gary Arrasmith719-488-6271garrasmith@asd20.org 

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