STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR

HIGH SCHOOL TESTING

OCTOBER 2007 ADMINISTRATION

High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA): for retained eleventh-graders, first-time twelfth-graders, retained twelfth-graders, returning students, and adult high school students

October 2, 3, 4, 2007	Regular Testing (Mathematics and Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2)
October 9, 10, 11, 2007	Make-up Testing (Mathematics and Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2)

MARCH 2008 ADMINISTRATION

High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA): for all first-time eleventh graders, retained eleventh graders, first-time twelfth graders, retained twelfth-graders, returning students, and adult high school students

March 4, 5, 6, 2008 March 11, 12, 13, 2008

Regular Testing (Mathematics and Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2) Make-up Testing (Mathematics, Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2)

END OF COURSE BIOLOGY TEST May 19, 2008 (Regular testing day)

May 22, 2008 (Make-up testing day)

Biology Performance Assessment Field Test May 20, 21, or 23, 2008

WHO MUST TAKE THE END OF COURSE BIOLOGY TEST

• All New Jersey public high school students, regardless of grade level, who are enrolled in a biology course any time during the 2007-2008 school year, must take the End of Course Biology Test. The following course titles are included as exemplars:

· Resource Center Biology

· ESL Biology

· General Biology

· Life Science

· Foundations in Biology

· College Prep Biology

· Honors Biology

· Accelerated Biology

· Advanced Placement Biology (see below)

· Integrated Science (see below)

The additional criteria for participation in the End of Course Biology Test must be followed:

• Students taking AP Biology, without having completed a Biology prerequisite must take the May 2008 End of Course Biology Test.

• Students taking AP Biology, after completing a Biology prerequisite, must not take the May 2008 End of Course Biology Test.

• Students taking Integrated Science as an alternative to the biology offerings listed above must take the May 2008 End of Course Biology Test.

• Students taking Integrated Science as a prerequisite course for a Biology elective must not take the May 2008 End of Course Biology Test. These students will take the End of Course Biology Test during the school year that they are enrolled in the Biology elective.

• Adult high school students and returning students are not permitted to take the End of Course Biology Test.

GRADE EIGHT TESTING

New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK8): for all eighth-grade students

April 28, 29, 30, May 1, 2008	Regular Testing (Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2, Mathematics, Science)
May 5, 6, 7, 8, 2008	Make-up Testing (Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2, Mathematics, Science)

GRADE SEVEN TESTING

New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK7): for all seventh-grade students

April 28, 29, 30, May 1, 2008	Regular Testing (Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2, Mathematics Days 1 and 2)
May 5, 6, 7, 8, 2008	Make-up Testing (Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2, Mathematics Days 1 and 2)

Test of Cognitive Skills

March 7, 2008

Make-ups – March 10, 2008

GRADES FIVE AND SIX TESTING

New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK5, NJ ASK6): for all fifth and sixth-grade students

May 5, 6, 7, 8, 2008	Regular Testing (Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2, Mathematics Days 1 and 2)
May 12, 13, 14, 15, 2008	Make-up Testing (Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2, Mathematics Days 1 and 2)

Test of Cognitive Skills

March 6, 2008

Make-ups – March 7, 2008

GRADE FOUR TESTING

New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK4): for all fourth-grade students

March 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2008	Regular Testing (Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2, Mathematics Days 1 and 2, Science)
March 17, 18, 19, 20, 2008	Make-up Testing (Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2, Mathematics Days 1 and 2, Science)

Test of Cognitive Skills

March 4, 2008

Make-ups – March 5, 2008

GRADE THREE TESTING

New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK3): for all third-grade students

March 10, 11, 12, 2008	Regular Testing (Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2, Mathematics)
March 17, 18, 19, 20, 2008	Make-up Testing (Language Arts Literacy Days 1 and 2, Mathematics)

Test of Cognitive Skills

March 4, 2008

Make-ups – March 5, 2008