Parent Guardian Guide to Statewide Testing and Refusal to Test Form
Fall Testing
ALL Freshmen and Sophomores take the NWEA in Reading and Math to satisfy goals create for our authorizer, University of St. Thomas and for our QComp plan. Data will be stored and kept by Director of Teaching and Learning. The tests are untimed and take approximately an hour each. We use the data from Fall NWEA testing to determine curricular changes or areas of improvement and to place students in remedial courses as necessary.
NWEA Testing Session runs September 6 – September 27, 2023
PSAT-NMSQT, Juniors. Registration is due by Friday, September 1st. $18 fee.
Score reports will be shared with students and parents in January.
PSAT is Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Test time: 2 hours 45 minutes
Winter Testing
Students in 9th and 10th in math classes will take their “spring” subject test in class at the end of the semester.
NWEA Winter Testing (Math) runs January 4-16. Spring NWEA scores determine growth and inform our teaching practices and curricular strengths and areas for improvement.
Spring Testing
ACT+Writing – Juniors, the test is $59.
Scores will be mailed directly home 3-8 weeks after testing and data kept in Infinite Campus.
-Test is Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
Test length: 3 hours 35 minutes
PreACT- Sophomores, cost yet to be determined
Scores will be mailed directly home 2-4 weeks and data kept in Infinite Campus.
-Test is Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
Test length: 1 hour 55 minutes
MCA Tests- Information can be found about MCAs on the MDE website. Results released in July and can be found on the MDE website. Individual Student Results will be mailed home to families prior to first conferences the following school year.
-Sophomores do Reading
-Juniors do Math
-All students enrolled in Biology will do the Science MCA.
MCA Testing Window is March 4 – May 3
Semester 1 Bio Students, March 6, 7, 8, make up day March 11th
Grade 10, Reading, April 8, 9, 10, 11 make up day April 16
Grade 11, Math, April 17, 18, 19, 22 make up day April 23
Grade 10 and 11 secondary make up days April 24, 29
Semester 2 Biology Students May 7, 8, 9, make up day May 10
Test is untimed.
NWEA Spring
Students in 9th and 10th in math classes will take their spring subject test in class at the end of the semester and all students will take their Spring Reading NWEA. Spring NWEA scores determine growth and inform our teaching practices and curricular strengths and areas for improvement.
NWEA Spring Testing runs May 3 – May 26
AP Exams for students enrolled in AP courses, – scores released to AP Coordinator and to students and parents in July.
-AP European History, May 10- 8AM, 3 Hours
-AP 2D, Drawing, and 3D Art portfolio submission due, 8pm
-AP Calculus, May 13- 8AM, 3 Hours
-AP English Language and Composition May 14 -8 AM, 3 hours 15 minutes -AP Music Theory, May 15- 12pm, 3 hours
-AP Biology, May 16, 12pm, 3 Hours
