Eaton RE-2 uses a variety of assessments to measure progress toward the standards and guide daily instruction. In addition to classroom assessments, there are district assessments for math, reading, writing, and science. Additional information is gained through administering STAR assessments in literacy and math K-12 from Renaissance Learning.Teachers can use the data from STAR assessments to develop customized learning guides based on what each individual or an entire class needs to know. Students in Eaton School District continue to score well both regionally and compared to the state. Detailed accountability information for all Colorado Districts and Schools is available at www.schoolview.org.
The state also has annual assessments for grades 3-11 in math, reading, and writing. Students in 3rd through 8th grade will take a CMAS (Colorado Measures of Academic Success). Colorado is
no longer part of the PARCC test consortium. PARCC will be replaced with a shorter online assessment that will look similar to PARCC in its question types and content. At the high school students take the PSAT 9, PSAT 10 and the SAT to measure how well prepared they are for college entrance in math, reading, and writing. The state also has students in grades 5, 8 and 11 take an annual CMAS Science test. Social Studies is measured in grades 4, 7, and 11 every other year. State testing usually takes place in the month of April.
The district maintains an
assessment calendar with information on the dates, length, and frequency of each assessment given.
Parents who are considering opting their students out of state assessments may fill out this online form for each student they wish to opt out of testing. The building principal will contact you after you have submitted to confirm participation.
CMAS OPT OUT FORM.
C.R.S. section 22-7-1013(8) requires each local education provider to adopt and implement a written policy by which a student's parent may excuse the student from participating in one or more of the state assessments without imposing negative consequences on the student or parent. Additionally, the local education provider must have a procedure to track parent refusals and may not do anything that would discourage a student from taking a state assessment or encourage the student’s parent to excuse the student from taking the state assessment. State assessments that are included in this policy are CMAS and CoAlt English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, the new tenth-grade preparatory exam, and the eleventh-grade college entrance exam. The English language proficiency exam (ACCESS for ELLs) is not included in this policy. Also not included are READ Act assessments (Dibels Next & Star Early Learning). Please be aware that currently, state and federal requirements around testing and parent refusals are not fully aligned. The federal 95 percent participation requirements are still part of federal law.