Test Administration Resources (Acadience)
Benchmark Assessment Windows for 24-25 School Year
Beginning of Year: September 3-30, 2024
Middle of Year: January 2-31, 2025
Q&A sessions will be held virtually on January 6, 2025 from 3:30-4:00pm and January 8, 2025 from 1:30-2:00pm.
Join via Google Meet at meet.google.com/wda-jobw-scv
End of Year: April 15-May 16, 2025
April 9, 2025: Virtual Training Session
Supporting Documents
Use the form below to inform the Assessment Department if you have a STUDENT MISSING in the ALO platform.
Use the form below to inform the Assessment Department if you have a student MISSING DATA that were tested in the ALO platform. Please include the assessors name along with the date the student was tested.
Benchmark Invalidations
If an error or emergency occurs during benchmark testing and cannot be corrected, then an invalidation may be necessary. Refer to the guidance below for Invalidations. If you find that it meets the requirements to invalidate, use the provided document to report the invalidations.
If you believe an invalidation is requiired, please contact the Instructional Coach at your school.
If a digitally administered measure needs to be invalidated, the system will reassign a progress monitoring probe to the Assessment Tab, and will be recorded as a Benchmark score. The Assessment Tab will show which PM probe has been assigned. You will want to pay attention to that information, so you have the necessary student materials ready. (usually the first PM probe for that measure)
In the case of a student that was tested under the wrong name, and has already seen the Benchmark materials, you would need to run a false test on the assessment tab for their Benchmark assessment, invalidate the assessment, and digitally administer the PM probe that the system will assign to the student. **There is no manual entry option for digitally administered BENCHMARK measures**
Record the invalidation on the document linked above.
If a paper/pencil administered measure needs to be invalidated, use a PM probe and manually enter that score for the Benchmark Assessment. Record the invalidation on the document linked above.
Question: When is invalidation acceptable?
Answer: The following reasons are acceptable for invalidating an Acadience Reading or Acadience Math assessment:
if Incorrect student was tested.
if Incorrect student materials were provided to an individual student.
if Administration or scoring errors occurred that cannot be corrected without retesting the student.
if The assessment was interrupted due to extenuating circumstances (e.g., fire drill, internet issue).
Question: If I invalidate the assessment, what are my next steps?
Answer: Reassess the student as soon as possible using progress monitoring materials.
Question: What if the student refuses to participate?
Answer: Stop the assessment without scoring. Try to assess on another day, time, or with a different assesso
Question: Should I test a student without their glasses/hearing aids?
Answer: It is not best practice to test a student without his/her required glasses or hearing aids, or a student who seems ill. Test that student on another day/time.
Question: If my class or a student was accidentally tested on the benchmark assessment rather than the progress monitoring, Can I invalidate the benchmark assessment?
Answer: No. As stated in the USBE’s Testing Ethics Policy, the assessor must ensure students are provided with the correct testing materials and/or logged into the correct test (e.g., Daze).
Assessment Resources
Standardization is a priority. Anyone administering ANY of the Acadience measures wil need to complete the training for the measure(s) being assesed. This includes but is not limited to testing aides and classroom teachers.
Once a Year Trainings
Whole Group Measures (completed BOY, MOY & EOY)
1:1 Measures
First Sound Fluency(FSF) Module (Reading)
Letter Naming Fluency(LNF) Module (Reading)
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency(PSF) module (Reading)
Nonsense Word Fluency(NWF) module (Reading)
Oral Reading Fluency(ORF) module (Reading)
Three Person Practice Activity Materials (Reading)
Beginning Quantity Discrimination(BQD) Module (Math)
Assessment Materials
Progress Monitoring Resources
Whenever possible, progress monitoring should be done by the classroom teacher. Under special circumstances, the progress monitoring can be completed using additional resources.
Keep in mind that these items are secure test items. Test items or copies of the Acadience assessments should never be used for student instruction or practice in the classroom or at home. Instead, focus on teaching students' skills.
Non-academic rewards for state assessment are not permitted. Since progress monitoring is part of the early literacy assessment process, it would NOT be appropriate to reward with non-academic rewards. Instead focus on helping students celebrate in intrinsic ways.
Testing ethics should be followed when accessing and utilizing these materials.
SB127 requires that schools progress monitor at the recommended frequency rates. Progress monitoring is required for reading and recommended for math.
Recommended Frequency Rates:
Red: every 2 weeks
Yellow: every 3 weeks
Green/Blue: every 4 weeks
NOTE: MAZE should only be administered once a month for students who are on grade level for fluency and accuracy. It is also not timely enough to show change more than once a month, which is why the authors of the assessment recommend that once a month is the most often you woud ever progress monitor a student on MAZE. You should NOT administer the MAZE to all students, since the purpose of progress monitoring is to ensure that below level students are making adequate progress towards their goals.