District Assessment Policy
Assessment Calendar
Click the link below to download or view the 2024-2025 District and State Assessment windows and dates:
Calendar of Assessment for 2024-2025 (Click here to view as a picture)
Testing Transparency
Opting out of Assessments
Schools that receives Title I, Part A funds must notify the parents of each student attending any school receiving these funds that the parents may request, and the LEA will provide the parents on request (and in a timely manner), information regarding any State or LEA policy regarding student participation in any required assessments, which shall include a policy, procedure, or parental right to opt the child out of such assessment, where applicable. The District's assessment policy can be found here.
Parental opt-out form: Click here to download form
Required Assessments
State and federal law require districts to take standardized assessments in the instructional areas of English Language Arts (ELA), math and science. State law also requires students to take standardized assessments in the instructional are of social studies. Accordingly, the district shall administer standardized assessments pursuant to these state and federal legal requirements.
Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS)
- English Language Arts for grades 3-8
- Math for grades 3-8
- Science for grades 5, 8 and 11
- Social Studies will be administered to 4th and 7th graded students at Crestone Charter School in Spring of 2025
- PSAT for 9th and 10th grade students
- SAT for 11th grade students
- The amount of time students will spend taking the assessment, and the schedule for the assessment can be found here: Assessment schedule
- CMAS results will be available at the beginning of the next school year
- PSAT/SAT results are sent to the students as soon as they are graded. They will be available on the students' CollegeBorad.org account.
The timeline for disseminating results is dependent on the vendor's process for evaluating the results. Typically, assessment results are released the following July after the test, and individual results can be accessed the following Fall.
Click here for a Quick Reference on Federal and State Required Assessments
Benchmark Assessments
Benchmark assessments are common assessments given periodically throughout the school year, at specified times. The assessments evaluate students' knowledge and skills relative to state and national standards. Benchmark assessments are used to inform instructional planning and differentiated instructional support for students.
Our district provides Benchmark Assessments in the following subjects and grade levels:
- Early literacy skills for grades kindergarten and first grade
- Reading fluency for grades first through sixth
- Reading comprehension for grades kindergarten through eleventh
- Mathematical skills for grades kindergarten through eleventh
- English language usage for grades second through eleventh
- Scientific investigations for grades third through eleventh
- Writing composition skills for grades kindergarten through twelve