CSP 2001, 1.5MB PDF
Appendix
DoDEA Performance Standards and Assessments for Core Curricular Areas
Development and Implementation Timeline
| R/E/LA | Math | Science | Social Studies |
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| Develop/identify performance standards (performance descriptions, student work samples, and commentaries) and indicators of high quality instruction | 2000-01 | 2000-01 | 2002-03 | 2000-01 |
| Implementation of performance standards (professional development for educators) | 2001-02 | 2001-02 | 2003-04 | 2001-02 |
| Continue implementing performance standards with monitoring and support | 2002-03 | 2002-03 | 2004-05 | 2002-03 |
| Pilot/field test assessment | 2001-02 | 2001-02 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 |
| Full administration of assessment, establish baseline data | 2001-02 | 2001-02 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 |
| High School End-of-Course (identify critical course, standards, assessments, and pilot/field test) | 2003-04 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2001-02 |
| High School End-of-Course full administration, establish baseline data | 2004-05 | 2001-02 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 |
DoDEA External (System-wide) Assessments
The following assessments will be adopted and in use by the year 2006
| Assessment | K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Norm-Referenced (TerraNova) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| Math Criterion-Referenced | x | x | |||||||||||
| Language Arts Criterion-Referenced | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| Reading Proficiency | x | x | |||||||||||
| Social Studies Criterion-Referenced | x | x | |||||||||||
| Science Criterion-Referenced | x | x | |||||||||||
| End-of-Course | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
| PSAT | x | x | |||||||||||
| NAEP | x | x |
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is administered to some students in grades 4 and 8 in even years (2000, 2002, 2004, etc) in selected subject areas. NAEP results are for DoDDS and DDESS only. No student, school, district, or area results are received.
End-of-course assessments will be administered in selected critical academic courses at the high school level. The results will provide individual student achievement levels as well as comparative data across schools, districts, areas, and the DoDEA system. Results of the assessments will not be used to determine whether a student passes or fails a course, but will provide meaningful information to the student, parents, and teachers concerning strengths and weaknesses of individual students and groups of students
College entrance exams (SAT and ACT) are normally taken by students in grades 11 and 12 on a voluntary basis.
