Assessment

Acadience, STAR, the NH SAS, and the PSAT/SAT testing are the district-wide assessments administered at the ORCSD.  The Acadience and STAR Assessments are curriculum-based measurements that are used for benchmarking at regular intervals and monitoring progress allowing for long-term instructional goals with an end grade level objective. The NH SAS and the SAT are statewide assessments administered to certain grade levels at the local level by our faculty and staff.  The PSAT’s are optional tests that are administered for merit scholarship and SAT preparation.  These are summative snapshots of a student’s learning and performance. 

Individual student scores are one of several measures that are used to help teachers and families understand student progress. The ORCSD Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Teams can also use the STAR and SAS, as well as other data, to assess student growth and achievement.  As a parent you will be seeing this data as only one point of information about your student’s academic achievement. 

Acadience is typically administered three times a year to students in Kindergarten and First grade.  The Acadience assessment is diagnostic test that helps teachers understand where students are in their learning.  For more information please link to Acadience Learning.

STAR is typically administered three times a year to students in second to ninth grade students. For the past few years (since the return from the pandemic) we have administered the STAR to students in grade 10.  For family resources from Renaissance Learning follow this link.

SAS statewide test is administered in spring, your child participated in the New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System (NH SAS) assessment in English language arts (reading and writing) and mathematics in grades 3-8 and in science for students in grades 5, 8 and 11.  For frequently asked questions please link to the NH DOE.

SAT statewide test is administered to the 11th grade in the spring during the school day assessment. This For frequently asked questions please link to the NH DOE School Day SAT.

In addition to the STAR, SAS and SAT’s the high school does offer the 11th grade the PSAT NMSQT test in the fall and the 10th grade the PSAT in the spring, during the school day.  The PSAT NMSQT is the exact same test as the PSAT 10—except that a sufficiently high score on the PSAT/NMSQT can qualify students for a National Merit Scholarship.  The PSAT is primarily used for practice for the SAT and can help identify areas of strength and growth for the SAT preparation.  For further information please link to the Princeton Review.

MONITORING STUDENT GROWTH 2021-22 School Year

2022 -2023 School Year Standardized Assessment Schedule  

Grade Level

Assessment

Acadience

SAS

STAR

SAT

PSAT

Kindergarten & Grade 1

Sept 19 – Oct 7, 2022

Jan 4 – Jan 20, 2023

May 15 – June 2, 2023

Grade 2

Sept 19 – Oct 7, 2022

Jan 4 – Jan 20, 2023

May 15 – June 2, 2023

Grade 3

Date not released by NH DOE at this time

Sept 19 – Oct 7, 2022

Jan 4 – Jan 20, 2023

May 15 – June 2, 2023

Grade 4

Date not released by NH DOE at this time

Sept 19 – Oct 7, 2022

Jan 4 – Jan 20, 2023

May 15 – June 2, 2023

Grade 5

Date not released by NH DOE at this time

Sept 19 – Oct 7, 2022

Jan 4 – Jan 20, 2023

May 15 – June 2, 2023

Grade 6

Date not released by NH DOE at this time

Sept 19 – Oct 7, 2022

Jan 4 – Jan 20, 2023

May 15 – June 2, 2023

Grade 7

Date not released by NH DOE at this time

Sept 19 – Oct 7, 2022

Jan 4 – Jan 20, 2023

May 15 – June 2, 2023

Grade 8

Date not released by NH DOE at this time

Sept 19 – Oct 7, 2022

Jan 4 – Jan 20, 2023

May 15 – June 2, 2023

Grade 9

Sept 19 – Oct 7, 2022

Feb 6 – Feb 17, 2023

May 15 – June 2, 2023

Grade 10

Sept 19 – Oct 7, 2022

Feb 6 – Feb 17, 2023

May 15 – June 2, 2023

PSAT

March 22,
2023

Grade 11

Date not released by NH DOE at this time

March 22, 2023

PSAT NMSQT October 12, 2022

Grade 12

* Specific Dates for the SAS and STAR are determined by the building, principals will reach out to families with specifics.  As of August 2022 the NH DOE has not set the dates for the SAS.