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TESTING FOR STUDENTS AT VHEW

KINDERGARTEN - DIBELS (Three Times per Year)

FIRST GRADE - DIBELS (Three Times Per Year)

SECOND GRADE - DIBELS (Three Times Per Year)
OTIS-LENNON SCHOOL ABILITY TEST (January)

THIRD GRADE - DIBELS (Three Times Per Year)
OTIS-LENNON SCHOOL ABILITY TEST , ARMT , SAT10 (April)

 

DIBELS

SAT ARMT MATH

SAT ARMT READING

SAT ARMT LANGUAGE

SAT10 , ARMT, OTIS-LENNON SCHOOL ABILITYT TEST

The Alabama Reading and Math Test (ARMT) is a criterion-referenced test that compares students to a given standard.
The
The responses are rated I-IV.
Level I - Does Not Meet Standards
Level II - Partially Meets Standards
Level III- Meets Standards
Level IV- Exceeds Standards

The Stanford Achievement Test (SAT10) is a norm-referenced test. This type of assessment compares students' performance to the performance of an identified
norms group. Areas tested include reading, math and langugae.

The related "school ability" test is the Otis-Lennon, 8th edition, or OLSAT8. These assessments are used to report relative strengths and weaknesses of individual students and groups of students.