Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) is a computer-adaptive assessment utilized to monitor student growth to inform and personalize instruction. MAP was officially adopted by the State Board of Education to assess Nevada students as a part of the Read by Grade Three (RBG3) program. SB 391, Nevada's Read by Grade 3 Act, became effective on July 1, 2015. This statute was designed to dramatically improve student achievement by ensuring that all students will be able to read proficiently by the end of the 3rd grade. With the implementation of MAP in school year 2017-18, Nevada will, for the first time, have aligned standards, professional development, assessments, and expectations in Kindergarten through 3rd grade.

NDOE K-3 NWEA MAP Read by Grade 3

The Smarter Balanced assessments (SBAC) are a key part of measuring student progress in grades 3-8 towards success in college and career. The computer-adaptive format and online administration of the assessments provide meaningful feedback that teachers and parents can use to help students succeed. The assessments are aligned with the Nevada Academic Content Standards in ELA and mathematics. Results from SBAC are included on the Nevada Report Card.

NDOE 3-8

All Nevada public school students must participate in the State Science accountability assessment once in grade 5, once in grade 8, and once in high school. These computer-based tests are administered at schools in the spring and are based on the Nevada Academic Content Standards for Science. Achievement level cut scores were set by the State Board of Education and the Nevada Council on Academic Standards during the summer of 2017.

NDOE 5,8 & HS

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also referred to as the Nation's Report Card, is a continuing and nationally representative assessment of student performance in several content areas including, but not limited to reading, mathematics, science, writing, and U.S.history.

NAEP is governed by the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) and is administered by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) which is part of the U.S. Department of Education. Result sare confidential and results are not reported in terms of individual students. Results are reported for the state or as part of the national results.

Results from NAEP are publicly available through NCES.The NAEP Data Explorer (NDE) allows the public to analyze results at the national (grades 4, 8, and 12) and state (grades 4 and 8) level with disaggregated achievement estimates being provided based on gender, race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, limited English proficiency and several other factors. This level of reporting is made possible through sophisticated student/school sampling techniques used by NCES to represent the nationally participating jurisdictions.

The administration of NAEP is made possible through a collaborative effort between the federal government, the state, individua lschool districts, and schools. Each state has a designated NAEP coordinator who assists the federal government in the identification of schools and who facilitates communication between the federal and state governments, jurisdictions and schools. This coordinator also performs various data analyses and prepares briefings for stakeholders including the State Legislature, Board of Education, and State Department of Education.

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College and Career Readiness Assessments

To be eligible for graduation, all students, free of charge, must participate in Nevada’s College and Career Readiness (CCR) assessment during their junior year of high school on the day selected for testing. The State Board of Education chose the ACT as Nevada’s CCR assessment. A student’s ACT score will not be used to determine graduation eligibility, but can be submitted with college applications. The ACT is a nationally recognized college admissions exam that is accepted by all four-year colleges and universities in the United States

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The NAA is the state assessment of alternate achievement standards. The assessment is administered to less than 1% of all students in Nevada who meet the strict criteria required in order to be assessed with the NAA. The NAA assesses student academic performance on Nevada Content Standards through direct observation of specific tasks. Each task is an indication of a specific academic skill that has been linked to grade level content. Student responses are entered manually into the online assessment system by the classroom teacher, and video recordings of each response are utilized for second-score validation.

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The ESSA of 2015 requires that students identified as English Learners (EL) are annually assessed for English proficiency in the four domains of speaking, listening, reading, and writing on English Language Proficiency Assessment. The WIDA Consortium provides Nevada’s English Proficiency Examination. This language assessment does not replace the State English Language Arts Tests (SBAC, ACT or NAA) required by state law.

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There are two types of CTE Assessments. The Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment measures student proficiency in the Employability Skills for Career Readiness state standards. The End-of-Program Technical Assessments are program specific and measure the skill attainment of students who have completed a program course sequence. These assessments are aligned to the state standards and are required by the Nevada Administrative Code 389.800.

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