Notices
Tennessee Schools for the Deaf: Knoxville |
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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS |
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TIER |
ASSESSMENT |
AGE LEVEL |
ADMINISTRATION |
DESCRIPTION |
SUBJECT |
RESULTS: DATE OF ARRIVAL |
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National |
ACT |
Grade 11 |
9/15-10/15 |
Assesses the mastery of college readiness standards. |
- |
3-6 weeks post |
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State |
TNReady |
Grade 3-8 |
3/20-5/15 |
Assesses what is being taught in Tennessee's classroom as the state’s new student achievement assessment in reading, writing, and math. |
Reading |
June 15 - raw file delivery |
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State |
TCAP's End of Course (EOC) Subject Tests |
Grade 9-12 |
11/30-12/17 4/12-5/6 |
Measures the student's understanding of the state standards and how much a student grows academically in a particular content area. |
English I & II |
May 22 - raw file delivery |
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National |
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) |
Grade 4, 8, and 12 |
No date range available |
Examines what students know and are able to do nationally and compares the data by identifying characteristics. |
Geography | U.S. History |
No individual scores are available |
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National |
WIDA ACCESS |
Grades |
2/17-4/3
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ACCESS meets U.S. federal requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for monitoring and reporting ELLs’ progress toward English language proficiency. It tests students' language in the four domains: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing. |
English |
Same-day delivery |
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National |
Multi-State Alternate Assessment (MSAA) |
Grade 3-8 and 11 |
3/15-4/30 |
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Math |
May 22 - raw file delivery |
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State |
TCAP-Alternative |
Science |
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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS How students are learning |
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TIER |
ASSESSMENT |
AGE LEVEL |
ADMINISTRATION |
DESCRIPTION |
SUBJECT |
RESULTS: DATE OF ARRIVAL |
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National |
Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) |
Grade 3-12 |
8/1-8/30 |
Measures student growth over time and is norm-referenced. MAP assessments, joined with other data points, provide detailed, actionable data about where each child is on their unique learning path. |
Math |
Same-day delivery |
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District |
Visual Communication and Sign Language Checklist (VCSL) |
Age 0-5 |
8/1-8/30 |
Assists in tracking young children's sign language development from birth to age 5 as a standardized comprehensive checklist. |
- |
Same-day delivery |
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District |
American Sign Language Receptive Skills Test (ASL-RST) |
Age 3-13 |
3/1-4/10 |
Measures children's receptive knowledge of ASL in eight grammatical categories, including number/distribution, negation, noun/verb distinction, spatial verbs (location and movement), size/shape specifiers, handling classifiers, role shift, and conditionals. |
- |
Same-day delivery |
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District |
American Sign Language Assessment Instrument (ASLAI) |
Age 4-18 |
11/25-12/20 |
Tracks the yearly progression of ASL and English print literacy over time for students. The ASLAI consists of eleven receptive tasks: five related to vocabulary, three pertaining to syntax, and two reasoning and comprehension tasks. |
- |
60 days post |
West Tennessee School for the Deaf |
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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS |
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TIER |
ASSESSMENT |
AGE LEVEL |
ADMINISTRATION |
DESCRIPTION |
SUBJECT |
RESULTS: DATE OF ARRIVAL |
|
State |
TNReady |
Grade 3-8 |
3/20-5/15 |
Assesses what is being taught in Tennessee's classroom as the state’s new student achievement assessment in reading, writing, and math. |
Reading |
June 15 - raw file delivery |
|
National |
WIDA ACCESS |
Grades |
2/17-4/3 |
ACCESS meets U.S. federal requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for monitoring and reporting ELLs’ progress toward English language proficiency. It tests students' language in the four domains: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing. |
English |
Same-day delivery |
|
National |
Multi-State Alternate Assessment (MSAA) |
Grade 3-8 and 11 |
3/15-4/30 |
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Math |
May 22 - raw file delivery |
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State |
TCAP-Alternative |
Science |
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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS How students are learning |
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TIER |
ASSESSMENT |
AGE LEVEL |
ADMINISTRATION |
DESCRIPTION |
SUBJECT |
RESULTS: DATE OF ARRIVAL |
|
National |
Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) |
Grade 3-12 |
8/1-8/30 |
Measures student growth over time and is norm-referenced. MAP assessments, joined with other data points, provide detailed, actionable data about where each child is on their unique learning path. |
Math |
Same-day delivery |
|
District |
Visual Communication and Sign Language Checklist (VCSL) |
Age 0-5 |
8/1-8/30 |
Assists in tracking young children's sign language development from birth to age 5 as a standardized comprehensive checklist. |
- |
Same-day delivery |
|
District |
American Sign Language Receptive Skills Test (ASL-RST) |
Age 3-13 |
3/1-4/10 |
Measures children's receptive knowledge of ASL in eight grammatical categories, including number/distribution, negation, noun/verb distinction, spatial verbs (location and movement), size/shape specifiers, handling classifiers, role shift, and conditionals. |
- |
Same-day delivery |
|
District |
American Sign Language Assessment Instrument (ASLAI) |
Age 4-18 |
11/25-12/20 |
Tracks the yearly progression of ASL and English print literacy over time for students. The ASLAI consists of eleven receptive tasks: five related to vocabulary, three pertaining to syntax, and two reasoning and comprehension tasks. |
- |
60 days post |
Tennessee Schools for the Deaf does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following people have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:
J. Jack Johnson, Director
Comprehensive Educational Resource Center
Tennessee Schools for the Deaf
2725 Island Home Blvd., TN 37920
865-312-7585 – jj.johnson@tsdeaf.org
*Sexual Harassment Complaints (females)
Lisa Collins, Director of Instruction
2725 Island Home Blvd., TN 37920
865-579-2410 – l.collins@tsdeaf.org
For further information on notice of non-discrimination, visit http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OCR/contactus.cfm for the address and phone number of the office that serves your area, or call 1-800-421-3481.