Assessment
AimsWeb+, Exact Path, Dibbles, the NH SAS, and the PSAT/SAT testing are the district-wide assessments administered in SAU 29. AimsWeb+ and Dibbles Assessments are curriculum-based measurements that are used for benchmarking at regular intervals and monitoring progress allowing for long-term instructional goals with an end grade level objective.
Exact Path is a computer-based program through which students take diagnostic tests in English Language Arts, Reading, and Math and then receive an individualized learning plan that is worked on during intervention times. Students can also work on their learning paths at home as the program is web-based.
The NH SAS and the SAT are statewide assessments administered to certain grade levels at the local level by our faculty and staff. The PSAT’s are administered for merit scholarship and SAT preparation. These are summative snapshots of a student’s learning and performance.
Individual student scores are one of several measures that are used to help teachers and families understand student progress. As a parent you will be seeing this data as only one point of information about your student’s academic achievement.
Individual student scores are one of several measures that are used to help teachers and families understand student progress. As a parent you will be seeing this data as only one point of information about your student’s academic achievement.
AimsWeb+ and Dibbles are typically administered three times a year to students in Kindergarten through Eighth grade. The assessments are diagnostic tests that help teachers understand where students are in their learning.
SAS statewide test is administered in spring., Students take the New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System (NH SAS) assessment in English language arts (reading and writing) and mathematics in grades 3-8 and in science for students in grades 5, 8 and 11.
SAT statewide test is administered to the 11th grade in the spring during the school day assessment.
The high school does offer the 11th grade the PSAT NMSQT test in the fall and the 10th grade the PSAT in the spring, during the school day. The PSAT NMSQT is the exact same test as the PSAT 10—except that a sufficiently high score on the PSAT/NMSQT can qualify students for a National Merit Scholarship. The PSAT is primarily used for practice for the SAT and can help identify areas of strength and growth for the SAT preparation.