The Role of State Assessments

Colorado has a series of educational standards known as the Colorado Academic Standards that outline academic objectives for students in every grade across 10 content areas. The standards are designed to ensure students are prepared to succeed in their path of choice upon high school graduation. Colorado has implemented a set of common assessments known as the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) and partners with CollegeBoard on the PSAT/SAT. The Classical Academy publishes the assessment calendar each fall based on the CDE guidelines/testing window.  Each school will communicate its testing schedule on or before March 1, 2024.

State Testing Information

This year, TCA seventh and eighth-grade students will be taking the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) tests. The juniors will also be taking the CMAS Science-11 assessment. Additionally, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors will be taking the PSAT-8/9, the PSAT-10, the SAT-11 assessments on school-managed devices, which are now in a new nation-wide digital format. Our commitment is to minimize the impact testing has on the learning environment while still striving to collect the most helpful student achievement and growth data possible.

2023-2024 Spring State Testing Information (Secondary):

Junior High CMAS Testing:

7th grade: English Language Arts/Math, April 8-April 16

8th grade: English Language Arts/Math/Science, April 8-April 19

- special (after morning testing) class schedules will be communicated 

Week One:

Monday, April 8, 2024, 7:45-9:20am

7th & 8th grade CMAS Math 1

Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 7:45-9:20am

7th & 8th grade CMAS Math 2

Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 7:45-9:20am

7th & 8th grade CMAS Math 3

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 7:45-9:50am

7th & 8th grade CMAS ELA 1

Friday, April 12, 2024, NO SCHOOL - Teacher Inservice 

Week Two:

Monday, April 15, 2024, 7:45-9:50 am

7th & 8th grade CMAS ELA 2

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 7:45-9:50 am

7th & 8th grade CMAS ELA 3

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 7:45-9:20 am

8th grade only CMAS Science 1

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 7:45-9:20 am

8th grade only CMAS Science 2

Friday, April 19, 2024, 7:45-9:20 am

8th grade only CMAS Science 3

High School Testing Window:

Monday, April 15 through Friday, April 26 (selected testing days below)

- Testing: 7:45-11:00am

- 11:05am: School lunch served

- 11:35-3:00pm: All grades (9th-12th) will attend classes. 

Week One:

Monday, April 15 - Normal School Day

Tuesday, April 16

- 9th grade (Last name A-H): PSAT 8/9, 7:45-11:00am

- 11:35-3:00pm: All grades (9th-12th) will attend periods 1-3, FLEX 

Wednesday, April 17

- 9th grade (Last name I-Z): PSAT 8/9, 7:45-11:00am

- 11:35-3:00pm: All grades (9th-12th) will attend periods 4-7

Thursday, April 18

- 11th grade (All): SAT, 7:45-11:00am

- 11:35-3:00pm: All grades (9th-12th) will attend periods 1-7

Friday, April 19 - Normal School Day

Week Two:

Monday, April 22 - Normal School Day

Tuesday, April 23

- 10th grade (Last name A-H): PSAT 10, 7:45-11:00am

- 11th grade (All): CMAS Science (paper), 7:45-11:00am

- 11:35-3:00pm: All grades (9th-12th) will attend periods 1-3, FLEX 

Wednesday, April 24

- 10th grade (Last name I-Z): PSAT 10, 7:45-11:00am

- 11:35-3:00pm: All grades (9th-12th) will attend periods 4-7 

Thursday, April 25 - Normal School Day

Friday, April 26 - Normal School Day

Colorado State Testing Resources:

http://www.cde.state.co.us/assessment/sat-psat

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact our School Assessment Coordinator:

Gary Arrasmith
719-488-6271
garrasmith@asd20.org