District Assessments

iReady

i-Ready is an online program for students in kindergarten through eighth grade that combines diagnostic assessment with personalized instruction in reading and math. It helps teachers identify student strengths and weaknesses, personalize learning paths, and monitor progress. Students are assessed in fall/winter/spring.

AimswebPlus - Grades 4K-3

AimswebPlus provides an assessment of essential early literacy skills such as phonemic awareness, phonics, oral language development, vocabulary development, and reading fluency. Students are assessed in September/October, December/January, and April.
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Wisconsin Forward Exam - grades 3-8, 10

The Forward Exam is an online assessment administered in the spring of each year. Students in grades 3 through 8 are given the English language arts and mathematics assessment, students in grades 4 and 8 test in science and students in 4, 8, 10 take the social studies assessment.
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Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) - grades 3-11

The SLM assessment measures the academic progress of students with significant cognitive disabilities in the subject areas of ELA and Mathematics at grades 3-11, Science at grades 4 and 8-11, and social studies at grades 4, 8, 10. The DLM is administered in the Spring of each year.
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PreACT Secure - grades 9 and 10

The PreACT Secure is a summative assessment given to ninth and tenth-grade students aligned to the ACT. It measures student progress toward college and career readiness in the content areas of English, math, reading, and science. PreACT Secure is administered in the spring of the school year, online with multiple question types including multiple-choice, constructed response, and technology-enhanced items, and is capable of predicting outcomes on the ACT.  The ACT is the state-wide assessment for 9th and 10th graders.
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ACT Plus Writing  - Grade 11

The ACT is a standard assessment used to help students understand how they can improve their career readiness skills and helps employers determine whether individuals are qualified for positions. The 2023 administration of the ACT Exam is scheduled for March. 
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Civics Graduation Exam - Grade 9 and above

Wisconsin statute requires that any students graduating from a Wisconsin high school (starting with the class of 2017) "takes a civics test comprised of 100 questions that are identical to the 100 questions that may be asked of an individual during the process of applying for U.S. citizenship by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and the pupil correctly answers at least 65 of those questions" (Wis. Stat. sec. 118.33(1m)(a)1, Section 3266R).  Argyle High School incorporates this assessment into the junior year United States Government class.  Make up test dates will be provided at the school level as needed.