Assessment & Research Office
Natrona County School District #1
Casper, Wyoming
Today is: Saturday,11 October,2008 08:38:10 PM

The Natrona County School District #1 Assessment and Research Office schedules, coordinates, collects data from and reports data about several assessments through a typical school-year.  


Assessment calendar

 2008-2009


PAWS
March 16 - April 15, 2009 (22 school days)
All students in Grades 3 -  8 & 11

http://www.k12.wy.us/SAA/Paws/index.asp
PAWS - Alternate
February 3 - April 15, 2009(9 1/2 weeks)
Only Students working on Grade Level Linked Academic Content standards Grades 3 - 8 & 11
http://www.k12.wy.us/SAA/PAWS_ALT/index.asp
WELLA
April 27 - May 8, 2009
English Language Learners in Grades K-12

http://www.k12.wy.us/SAA/Paws/wella_resources.asp
Plan (2 half school days)
October 2008
All Students in Grade 10
http://www.actstudent.org/plan/index.html
NAEP
January 26 - March 6, 2009
Grades 4 and 8 - externally administered
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/profile.asp
ACT (2 half school days; test must be on 3/24)
March 24, 2009
All Students in Grade 11
http://www.actstudent.org/index.html
NWEA Fall Testing Window
September 2 – 19, 2008(14 school days)
All students in Grades
3 – 9; K-2 optional   
http://www.nwea.org/
NWEA  Winter Testing Window  
December 8 – 19, 2008(10 school days)
Any students in
Accelerated Block math courses
(All others optional; no K-2)
http://www.nwea.org/ 
NWEA Spring Testing Window  
April 20 - May 15, 2009(20 school days)
All students in
Grades 2 – 8; K-1 optional and any students in Algebra, Algebra II and Geometry(or similar)
http://www.nwea.org/




 ALL DATES AND WINDOWS ARE PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE  


 Last Modified: 27 August,2008