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Nazareth Area School District Assessments

Intermediate School Grades (4-6)
Grade 4
Content Area
Name of Assessment
Why?
What does it measure?
ELA
Star Reading
Universal Screener, PSSA Benchmarking, and Progress Monitoring
Areas covered: phonics, comprehension, structural analysis, vocabulary, and an estimated reading level (lexile score)
PSSA ELA
Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance.
Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.
Math
Star Math
Universal Screener, PSSA Benchmarking, and Progress Monitoring
Areas covered: computation and applications (word problems)
PSSA Math
Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance.
Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.
Science
PSSA Science
Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance.
Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.

Grade 5
Content Area
Name of Assessment
Why?
What does it measure?
ELA
Star Reading
Universal Screener, PSSA Benchmarking, and Progress Monitoring
Areas covered: phonics, comprehension, structural analysis, vocabulary, and an estimated reading level (lexile score)
PSSA ELA
Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance.
Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.
Math
Star Math
Universal Screener, PSSA Benchmarking, and Progress Monitoring
Areas covered: computation and applications (word problems)
PSSA Math
Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance.
Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.

Grade 6
Content Area
Name of Assessment
Why?
What does it measure?
ELA
Star Reading
Universal Screener, PSSA Benchmarking, and Progress Monitoring
Areas covered: phonics, comprehension, structural analysis, vocabulary, and an estimated reading level (lexile score)
PSSA ELA
Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance.
Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.
Math
Star Math
Universal Screener, PSSA Benchmarking, and Progress Monitoring
Areas covered: computation and applications (word problems)
PSSA Math
Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance.
Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.

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Grade 4
Content Area	Name of Assessment	Why? What does it measure?
ELA	Star Reading	Universal Screener, PSSA Benchmarking, and Progress Monitoring Areas covered: phonics, comprehension, structural analysis, vocabulary, and an estimated reading level (lexile score)
ELA	PSSA ELA	Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance. Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.
Math	Star Math	Universal Screener, PSSA Benchmarking, and Progress Monitoring Areas covered: computation and applications (word problems)
Math	PSSA Math	Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance. Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.
Science	PSSA Science	Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance. Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.

Grade 5
Content Area	Name of Assessment	Why? What does it measure?
ELA	Star Reading	Universal Screener, PSSA Benchmarking, and Progress Monitoring Areas covered: phonics, comprehension, structural analysis, vocabulary, and an estimated reading level (lexile score)
ELA	PSSA ELA	Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance. Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.
Math	Star Math	Universal Screener, PSSA Benchmarking, and Progress Monitoring Areas covered: computation and applications (word problems)
Math	PSSA Math	Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance. Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.

Grade 6
Content Area	Name of Assessment	Why? What does it measure?
ELA	Star Reading	Universal Screener, PSSA Benchmarking, and Progress Monitoring Areas covered: phonics, comprehension, structural analysis, vocabulary, and an estimated reading level (lexile score)
ELA	PSSA ELA	Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance. Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.
Math	Star Math	Universal Screener, PSSA Benchmarking, and Progress Monitoring Areas covered: computation and applications (word problems)
Math	PSSA Math	Provide students, parents, and educators with an understanding of student and school performance. Use the results to examine which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of academic standards.