[Andrew]

We use the i-Ready assessment for K-8 prospective students.

We are wanting to add a writing component. Does anyone have any feedback or thoughts on whether this is done in schools? We’re thinking a written essay to assess writing skills, abilities, etc.

[Shahna]

Thank you, Andrew. Is this used for math and reading? Do you use one license/sign-in for all applicants to complete a diagnostic?

We provide a simple prompt to all of our students. “Tell us about yourself”. We are also looking to see what other schools are doing for the writing section. The prompt was helpful last year to get a snapshot of the students’ interests as well as their ability to form letters, words, sentences, paragraphs, etc.

[Andrew]

I will confirm with our enrollment team, but I believe we purchase a certain number of student licenses and we have to create a new account for each prospective student. The good thing is if we accept the student, the license is then used during the school year. We build the cost for this into the application/testing fee.

[Nicole]

Hello!

We use NWEA MAP for all areas but the writing component would be good to add. If anyone comes up with a good one, please post.

Thank you!

[Jason]

Kindergarten and 1st-grade

We entrance test every K and 1st-grade student. We use the Dial-4 test for them. To ensure incoming students do not see the test prior to testing with us, we are very careful to make sure parents do not know which test we use.

2nd Grade and up through 9th-grade

We accept nationally normed standardized tests that the parents may have for their students. If they do not have any tests to submit for them, we will administer the IOWA test.

[Shahna]

Thank you, Jason. 🙂