When are students tested? 1
3rd grade
4th grade
7th grade
8th grade
9th grade
10th grade
What subjects are tested? 1
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Health
What types of questions are used? 1
Multiple choice
Short open response
Extended written response
How are test results used? 1
Student diagnosis and placement
Identification of students at risk
Curriculum planning
Improvement of instruction
Professional development
Program evaluation
School performance reporting
What tests are used? 1
Norm-referenced MAT, 7 (grades 4, 8, 10)
Writing Performance Assessment (grades 3, 7, 10)
Health Performance Assessment (grade 3, 9)
English / Language Arts (grades 4, 8)
Mathematics Performance Assessment (grades 4, 8, 10)
Are students with disabilities exempt?
2, 3
Exemptions given to students for whom none of the available accommodations
would assist the student in successfully completing the assessment, as
determined by IEP team.
In the future, alternate assessments will be given to exempt students.
What accommodations are available so
that students with disabilities can participate? 2
List of accommodations approved by state Department of Education.
Accommodations should match the accommodations provided during the
instructional process.
How are scores of students with disabilities
reported? 2
School, district, and statewide reports both combine ("aggregate")
and separate ("disaggregate") scores of students with and without disabilities.
Footnotes:
1 Source: PEER Project Survey to expand and update information from Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs: Data on 1995-96 Statewide Student Assessment Programs. (Fall 1996). Council of Chief State School Officers.
2 Source: PEER Project review of state policy documents. Documents provided by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). Information confirmed and updated by the PEER Project through direct communication with state officials.
3 NOTE: The IDEA Amendments of 1997 require that all students be included in statewide assessments.
Rhode Island Department of Education
Office of Special Needs
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Dr. Pat Devito, State Assessment Director
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