Assessment Calendar 2022-23
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The table below lists dates, assessments, eligible students, and assessment purposes, in compliance with Board Policy 6-170.
Testing Date
Assessment
Purpose
Students
October 15, 2022
PSAT/NMSQT
Practice for SAT; National Merit Scholarship qualification
Optional for 11th graders. (Alternate date is Tuesday, October 25.)
April 12, 2023
State accountability.
All 9th graders
April 12, 2023
State accountability.
All 10th graders
April 12, 2023
State accountability.
All 11th graders
March 13, 2023
State accountability.
All 11th graders at DHS and HPHS.
May 1-12, 2023
Advanced Placement tests
College placement or credit.
Students enrolled in AP courses. Specific test dates and times are described on the College Board’s website.
Between August 15 and September 30, 2022.
Beginning of year academic diagnostic (Renaissance STAR at HPHS)
Diagnostic, so teachers and course teams understand the background and level of preparation of their students.
All 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students at HPHS
September 2022
Beginning of year academic diagnostic (NWEA MAP at DHS)
All 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students at DHS
Between December 1, 2022 and January 15, 2023
Academic Universal Screener 1 (Renaissance STAR at HPHS)
Progress monitoring in mathematics and English language arts, to enable the school to ensure students are getting all needed help and support.
All 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students at HPHS
Between April 15, 2023 and May 31, 2023
Academic Universal Screener 2 (Renaissance STAR at HPHS)
All 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students at HPHS
[Middle of the school year]
Academic Universal Screener 1 (NWEA MAP at DHS)
All 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students at DHS
[Middle of the school year]
Academic Universal Screener 2 (NWEA MAP at DHS)
All 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students at DHS
August 29, 2022 to September 2, 2022
SEL Screener 1 (Panorama)
Progress monitoring in social and emotional learning, to enable the school to ensure students are getting all needed help and support.
All students
January 16-20, 2023 or January 23-27, 2023
SEL Screener 2 (Panorama)
May 1-5, 2023
SEL Screener 3 (Panorama)
TBD between January 11 and- March 28, 2023
State accountability.
Students identified as English Language Learners
TBD, based on each student’s individual Education Plan (IEP).
State accountability.
Designated by IEP teams.
Spring of every school year
State accountability.
All students
January and February 2023 (rolling basis based on class/section)
AAPPL Chinese (Mandarin)
Measure language learning proficiency.
Students enrolled in Chinese I-IV (including honors)
January and February 2023 (rolling basis based on class/section)
AAPPL French
Students enrolled in French levels I-IV (including honors)
January and February 2023 (rolling basis based on class/section)
AAPPL Spanish
Students enrolled in Spanish levels I-V (including honors)
August 27, 2022
June 3, 2023Optional Weekend SAT
Practice
Optional for any student, registration required
September 10, 2022
October 22, 2022
April 15, 2023Optional Weekend ACT
Practice
Optional for any student, registration required
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The fall and late spring ACT and SAT testing weekend testing options at each school provide an opportunity for any student (at either school) to practice or retake one of these exams commonly used for college admissions. For more details, please see the HPHS Testing Webpage or the DHS Testing Webpage.
Each school will provide an academic diagnostic exam to 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students at the beginning of the year. DHS will use the NWEA MAP test; HPHS will use the Renaissance STAR test.
Each school will provide an academic universal screener exam to 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students two times a year. DHS will use the NWEA MAP test; HPHS will use the Renaissance STAR test.
Each school will administer an SEL universal screener survey to all students three times per year.
Testing Accommodations
Students with a 504 Plan or an IEP that provides testing accommodations for standardized assessments are eligible for CollegeBoard testing accommodations. CollegeBoard administers the PSAT 8/9, PSAT10, PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, and Advanced Placement exams. If your student has already been approved for a CollegeBoard accommodation or has a request pending, there is no need to take any additional action.
Even if your student has testing accommodations authorized in their 504 Plan or IEP, we need to request approval from CollegeBoard to apply those or similar accommodations to College Board tests.
If your student has testing accommodations on their 504 Plan or IEP and wants to apply for similar accommodations on CollegeBoard exams, the District Testing Accommodations Coordinator, Mr. Jeff Rubin, will submit your student's request. Please contact him at jrubin@dist113.org for further information. The review process can take up to 8 weeks and sometimes longer. The sooner we start the process, the better.
Please note that College Board accommodations do not apply to ACT. ACT is a separate organization from CollegeBoard and has its own accommodation approval process.
