Assessment

AP Exams are standardized exams designed to measure how well students have mastered the content and skills of a specific AP course. 

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Credit by Exam is a test-out exam for select high school courses in the Rochester Community Schools curriculum. Testing-out occurs twice per year. 

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iReady Inform is the benchmark assessment administered to all students in K-8 in reading and mathematics. The assessment is administered three times a year. 
 

MI-Access is Michigan's alternate assessment system and is designed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, and whose IEP (Individualized Education Program) Team has determined that General Assessments, even with accommodations, are not appropriate. MI-Access satisfies the federal requirement that all students with disabilities be assessed at the state level.

The Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress, or M-STEP, is a computer-based assessment designed to gauge how well students are mastering state standards. These standards, developed for educators by educators, broadly outline what students should know and be able to do in order to be prepared to enter the workplace, career education training, and college. 

• PSAT 8/9 -RCS 8th graders and 9th graders take the PSAT 8/9 in early April. Like the SAT, the PSAT 8/9 includes a Reading and Writing section and a Math section. 
• PSAT 10-RCS 10th graders take the PSAT 10 in early April. The content on the PSAT 10 is very similar to the SAT, with reading and writing section and math section. 
• PSAT/ NMSQT-RCS 11th graders take the PSAT/NMSQT in October. This test qualifies you for the National Merit Scholarship Program. Like the SAT, the PSAT/NMSQT includes a Reading and Writing section and a Math section.
• SAT-RCS 11th grade students take the SAT as the college entrance exam.

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ACCESS for ELLs is an English language proficiency assessment given annually to kindergarten through 12th graders who have been identified as English Language Learners (ELL). It provides educators and parents with information about the English language proficiency level in the language domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.

WIDA Screener is an English Language proficiency assessment given to incoming students in Grades 1-12 to assist educators with the identification of students as English language learners.
 

The WIN Work Readiness Assessment is administered to high school juniors. The assessment is designed to measure students’ employability skills and readiness for the modern workforce.