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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 partners with CollegeBoard on the PSAT/SAT. The Classical Academy publishes the assessment calendar each fall based on the CDE guidelines/testing window.  Each school will communicate its testing schedule on or before March 1, 2025.

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2024-2025 Spring State Testing Information (Secondary)

This year, TCA seventh and eighth-grade students will be taking the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) tests. The juniors will also be taking the CMAS Science-11 assessment. Additionally, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors will be taking the PSAT-8/9, the PSAT-10, the SAT-11 assessments on school-managed devices, in a new digital format. 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.

Junior High CMAS Testing Window

7th Grade English/Language Arts April 7-15
  Math
     
8th Grade English/Language Arts April 7-18
  Math
  Science

*Special daily (after morning testing) class schedules will be communicated by the junior high administration. 

Week One:                                               

Monday, April 7, 2025 7:45-9:20am    7th & 8th grade CMAS Math 1
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 7:45-9:20am 7th & 8th grade CMAS Math 2
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 7:45-9:20am 7th & 8th grade CMAS Math 3
Thursday, April 10, 2025 7:45-9:50am 7th & 8th grade CMAS ELA 1
Friday, April 11, 2025 NO SCHOOL 8, 11, 12 only // School (no testing) 7, 9, 10 only

 

Week Two:   

Monday, April 14, 2025 7:45-9:50am    7th & 8th grade CMAS ELA 2
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 7:45-9:50am 7th & 8th grade CMAS ELA 3
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 7:45-9:20am 8th grade CMAS Science 1
Thursday, April 17, 2025 7:45-9:20am 8th grade CMAS Science 2
Friday, April 18, 2025 7:45am-9:20am 8th grade CMAS Science 3

   


 

High School Testing Window

  • Monday, April 14 - Friday, April 25 (selected testing days below)
  • Testing: 7:45-11:00am - 11:05am

  • School lunch served 11:35-3:00pm

  • All grades (9th-12th) will attend classes. 

Week One:                                               

Monday, April 14, 2025 Normal School Day
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 7:45-11:00am 9th grade (Last names A-K): PSAT 8/9
  11:35-3:00pm 9th-12th grades attend periods 1-3
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 7:45-11:00am 9th grade (Last names I-Z): PSAT 8/9
  11:35-3:00pm 9th-12th grades attend periods 4-7
Thursday, April 17, 2025 7:45-11:00am 11th grade (All): SAT
  11:35-3:00pm 9th-12th grades attend periods 1-7
Friday, April 18, 2025 Normal School Day

 

Week Two:                                               

Monday, April 21, 2025 Normal School Day
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 7:45-11:00am 10th grade (Last names A-Ha): PSAT 10
    11th grade (All): CMAS Science (paper)
  11:35-3:00pm 9th-12th grades attend periods 1-3, flex
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 7:45-11:00am 10th grade (Last name He-Z): PSAT 10
  11:35-3:00pm 9th-12th grades attend periods 4-7
Thursday, April 24, 2025 Normal School Day
Friday, April 25, 2025 Normal School Day

 

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact our School Assessment Coordinator:

Gary Arrasmith
719-488-6271
garrasmith@asd20.org