Elementary Assessment Framework
2015-2016
Assessment is the ongoing process of gathering information to make sound decisions. A
complete system within Support for Personalized Learning (SPL) enables educators to:
(1) screen students to identify those at risk, (2) use diagnostic assessments to determine
factors contributing to at-risk status, (3) use formative assessments (progress monitoring)
to monitor the effects of instruction, and (4) use summative assessments to make
outcome-based decisions about mastery of skills and standards.
The district will continue using STAR Enterprise Reading and Math Assessments as
screening and progress monitoring tools in grades 1 – 6.
WV Early Learning Reporting System for Kindergarten (ELRS:K) data entry is required at
the beginning and end of the year. Since school and district level reports are not yet
available for ELRS:K, schools will also use DIBELS Next in Kindergarten. The WVDE
anticipates Implementation of ELRS in 1st, 2nd , and 3rd grades in subsequent years. 1st
grade will continue to use DIBELS Next for the coming school year.
Due to the online administration of the summative assessment, administration of STAR
Reading & STAR Math for grades 3-6 is optional for the E-O-Y screening.
The Elementary Assessment Framework windows are listed below. Page 2 of this
document provides specific grade level information for screening, progress monitoring,
and interim assessments for reading and math.
Screening -----Reading: DIBELS Next or STAR Reading----- Math: STAR Math
Beginning of Year (B-O-Y): August 31, 2015 – September 11, 2015
Middle of Year (M-O-Y): November 30, 2015 – December 11, 2015
End of Year (E-O-Y): May 9, 2016 – May 20, 2016 (optional for grades 3 -6)
Progress monitor students identified as strategic or intensive using the formal
measures identified on page 2 (every 4 weeks) along with frequent evidencebased formative assessments (every 2-3 weeks)
ELRS:K
Beginning of Year (B-O-Y): September 16 – October 30, 2015
End of Year (E-O-Y): TBA
WVDE Interim and Diagnostic Assessments: These optional assessments are available in
wv.portal.airast.org. Each school should decide how best to use these assessments.
Available: August 26 – September 9, 205
Available: September 15 to E-O-Y
Diagnostic:
CORE Phonics Survey should be administered, as needed, as a diagnostic tool to
students in grade 2 (Parts A – K) and grade 3 (Parts A – L) who have been identified as
strategic or intensive on STAR Reading, and thereafter, every 6-8 weeks as a progress
monitoring tool. The CORE Phonics Survey may also be used at the school’s discretion
in other grades, as needed.
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Elementary Assessment Framework
2015-2016
This framework has been devised to provide consistent data for the district, schools, and
classroom teachers to serve as a basis for collaborative conversations regarding teaching and
learning. These assessments are in addition to the informal, evidence-based formative
assessment data that teachers routinely collect and use. These assessments do not preclude the
use of other assessment tools (i.e., Easy CBM, DMA, PALS, etc.)
MATH ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK
Optional
Optional
B-O-Y
M-O-Y
E-O-Y
Grade
Interims
Interims
Screening
Screening
Screening
ELRS:K
Kindergarten
ELRS:K
ELRS:K
ELRS:K
ELRS:K
(optional)
1st
STAR
STAR
STAR
STAR
STAR
nd
2
STAR
STAR
STAR
STAR
STAR
(optional)
3rd – 6th
STAR
STAR
STAR
Progress Monitoring:
Kindergarten - Use ELRS:K and Teacher Observations/Evidence-Based Formative Assessment
Grades 1 - 6 – Use STAR Math; Audio should be turned on for 1st grade students for B-O-Y.
READING ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK
Students in Kindergarten will be assessed using the WV Early Learning Reporting System:
Kindergarten (ELRS:K). Since the school level and district level reports for ELRS:K are not yet
available, DIBELS Next will be used in Kindergarten. 1st grade will continue to use DIBELS Next. For
the Middle-of-Year screening window, STAR Reading should be administered to 1st grade students
who have a basic sight word vocabulary of at least 100 words. DIBELS Next should be used for 1st
grade students who have not yet acquired 100 word base-line basic sight word vocabulary at
mid-year.
B-O-Y
M-O-Y
E-O-Y
Optional Interims
Optional Interims
Grade
Screening
Screening
Screening
ELRS:K
ELRS:K and
ELRS: K and
ELRS:K
Kindergarten DIBELS
DIBELS Next
DIBELS Next
DIBELS Next
DIBELS Next
Next
STAR or
DIBELS
STAR or DIBELS
STAR or
1st
DIBELS Next
DIBELS Next
Next
Next
DIBELS Next
2nd
STAR
3rd – 6th
STAR
STAR
STAR
STAR
STAR
STAR
STAR
STAR
STAR
(optional)
Progress Monitoring:
Kindergarten - Use DIBELS Next
1st grade – Use DIBELS Next NWF
Grades 2-6 – Use STAR Reading
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