Parent Spring Assessment Letter

State Assessments will be taking place in April and May. Schools are required to test learners in English Language Arts and Math in grades 3-8 and 11, and in Science in grades 5, 8, and 11.

Please see below for more information about what testing will look like for your child.

English Language Arts (ELA): April 29 - May 3
Math: May 13-17

English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA): March 4-21

 

Testing gives educators and districts crucial information about how we’re serving your kids, but we also know that it’s important to protect time used for learning in the classroom. In order to minimize the amount of class time lost to testing, kids in grades 3-5 will have a week to complete their ELA assessments and another week to complete their Math assessments. During these testing weeks, kids will still receive instruction in other subjects and participate in their regular specials classes like PE and Music.

It’s important to make sure your kids are in attendance during these two testing weeks, so they can get back to their typical learning schedule as soon as possible. Anyone who is absent during testing, will have to complete their test at another time and may miss other important instruction and/or activities as a result.

 

Middle School Testing Week: May 1-9
Hermiston High School Testing Week: April 17-21

 

Testing gives educators and districts crucial information about how we’re serving your kids, but we also know that it’s important to protect time used for learning in the classroom. In order to minimize the amount of class time lost to testing, Middle School and High School schedules have been adjusted to create a Testing Week that will allow learners to complete all the tests required for their grade level in approximately one week.

It’s important to make sure your kids are in attendance during Testing Week, so they can get back to their typical learning schedule the next week. Anyone who is absent during Testing Week, will have to complete their test during electives so they’re not missing additional time in core content classes like Language Arts, Math, and Science.

Please see below for more information on the importance of participating in State testing.

Why state testing participation matters