• CVSD ASSESSMENT AND DATA

    CVSD uses multiple local, state and national measures to evaluate student progress. A CVSD Common Assessment System (CCAS) guides the administration of common assessments throughout the K-8 schools in literacy, math and science and the regular practice of analyzing and responding to data. The CCAS is continually revised to include updated assessments. The chart below lists the assessments currently given to CVSD students at each grade level. Below is additional information and data on state and national assessments. 

    Grade

    CVSD Local and State Assessments

    K

    Letter Recognition, Letter Sound ID and Phonological Awareness Assessments, On Demand Writing Prompt, Bridges Check-ups, Benchmark Assessment System (BAS) in Reading and Comprehension and Inquiry Science Task Assessment

    1

    BAS, Fundations Unit Assessments, On Demand Writing Prompts, Fact Fluency, Bridges Unit Tests, Inquiry Science Task Assessment

    2

    BAS, Fundations Unit Assessments, On Demand Writing Prompts, Physical Education, Music, Fact Fluency, Bridges Unit Tests, Inquiry Science Task Assessment

    3

    Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program (VTCAP/Cognia) - Math & English Language Arts, BAS, On Demand Writing Prompts, Fact Fluency, Bridges Unit Tests, Inquiry Science Task Assessment, DSA Spelling

    4

    Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program (VTCAP/Cognia)   - Math & English Language Arts, BAS, On Demand Writing Prompts, Physical Education, Fact Fluency, Bridges Unit Tests, Inquiry Science Task Assessment, DSA Spelling

    5

    Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program (VTCAP/Cognia) - Math, English Language Arts, and Science, BAS, On Demand Writing Prompts, Fact Fluency, Bridges Unit Tests, DSA Spelling

    6

    Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program (VTCAP/Cognia)   - Math & English Language Arts, Degrees of Reading Power (DRP), On Demand Writing Prompts, Inquiry Science Task Assessment, Music, Fact Fluency, CMP unit tests

    7

    Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program (VTCAP/Cognia) ) - Math & English Language Arts, Degrees of Reading Power (DRP), On Demand Writing Prompts, Inquiry Science Task Assessment, Physical Education, Fact Fluency, CMP unit tests

    8

    Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program (VTCAP/Cognia)  - Math, English Language Arts and Science, Degrees of Reading Power (DRP), On Demand Writing Prompts, World Language, Fact Fluency,  CMP unit tests and 8th grade final exam

    9

    Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program (VTCAP/Cognia)  - Math & English Language Arts, Writing Mechanics, Degrees of Reading Power (DRP), CVU Course Assessments

    10

    Degrees of Reading Power (DRP), CVU Course Assessments, PLAN Assessment and PSAT

    11

    Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program (VTCAP/Cognia) Science Assessment, CVU Course Assessments, SAT, ACT

    12

    CVU Course Assessments, Exit Experiences

    VTCAP/Cognia

    Students in grades 3-9 take a statewide common assessment each spring. Most recently, that assessment has been the SBAC for English Language Arts and Math, and for students in grades 5, 8 and 11, the Vermont Science Assessment.

    Beginning in 2023, that assessment changed to the Vermont Common Assessment Program (VTCAP), which some refer to as Cognia, and will continue to assess students in grades 3 through 9 in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math and students in grades 5, 8, and 11 in Science.

    The ELA and mathematics assessments measure the Common Core State Standards (CSSS) for English and mathematics, respectively. The science assessment measures the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).