DeKalb Schools 2015 – 2016 Testing Calendar

 Testing Dates and Religious Holidays
 2015 – 2016 School Calendar

Jewish Holidays

  • Sept 13-15 – Rosh Hashanah
  • Sept 23 – Yom Kippur

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Jewish Holidays: This year Rosh Hashanah will be observed September 13-15. Yom Kippur will be observed on Wednesday, Sept 23. On Aug 7 the school district sent me this response regarding the conflicting Jewish Holidays,

“Principals received the testing calendar with the specified dates of September 14-25, 2015 to administer the ITBS. Although the published time frame is ten days, only six days are needed to administer the ITBS and four days are allocated as make-up days. Since the testing window includes four make-up days for students who miss a component of the ITBS, a parent/guardian should communicate the absence with the local school to ensure that the child has the opportunity to make-up the missed component because of an excused religious observance.”

Elementary School Testing Dates
Sept.8 –11,2015 CognitiveAbilitiesTest(CogAT) Grades1,3,and5
Sept.14 –25,2015 IowaTestsofBasicSkills(ITBS) Grades1,3,and5
Jan.19–Mar.1,2016 ACCESSforEnglishLanguageLearners(ELLs) Grades K–5
April18–April29,2016 GeorgiaMilestones(EOG) Grades 3–5
District ITBS Test Dates
DeKalb Sept 14-25
Fulton Oct 19-23
Cobb Oct 5-8
Gwinnett Oct 19-28
APS Nov 30 – Dec 11
Middle School Testing Dates
Sept. 8 – 11, 2015 Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) Grade 7
Sept. 14 – 25, 2015 Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) Grades 7
Jan. 19 – Mar. 1, 2016 ACCESS for English Language Learners (ELLs) Grades 6 – 8
April 18 – April 29, 2016 Georgia Milestone End of Grade (EOG) Grades 6 – 8
May 2 – May 9, 2016 Georgia Milestone (EOC) (Carnegie Credit Courses) Grade 8
High School Testing Dates
Aug. 17–21, 2015 Georgia Milestone (EOC) Mid-Month Grades 9 – 12
Sept. 14–18, 2015 Georgia Milestone (EOC) Mid-Month Grades 9 – 12
Oct. 13–16, 2015 Georgia Milestone (EOC) Mid-Month Grades 9 – 12
Oct. 14, 2015 PSAT Grades 9 – 11
*Oct. 30 – Nov. 24, 2015 International Baccalaureate (IB) Grades 9 – 12
Nov. 2– Nov. 18, 2015 CTAE End of Pathway Exams Grades 9 – 12
Nov. 16–20, 2015 Georgia Milestone (EOC) Mid-Month Grades 9 – 12
Dec. 7 – Dec. 14, 2015 Georgia Milestone (EOC) Winter Main Administration Grades Grades 9 – 12
Jan. 19 – Mar. 1, 2016 ACCESS for English Language Learners (ELLs) Grades 9 – 12
Jan. 19–22, 2016 Georgia Milestone (EOC) Mid-Month Grades 9 – 12
Feb. 16–19, 2016 Georgia Milestone (EOC) Mid-Month/Retest Grades 9 – 12
Mar. 14–18, 2016 Georgia Milestone (EOC) Mid-Month Grades 9 – 12
Apr. 13 – Apr. 29, 2016 CTAE End of Pathway Exams Grades 9 – 12
Apr. 27 – May 31, 2016 International Baccalaureate (IB) Exams Grades 9 – 12
May 2 – May 9, 2016 Georgia Milestone (EOC) Spring Administration Grades 9 – 12
May 2–13, 2016 Advanced Placement (AP) Exams AP Students
Jun. 27 – June 30, 2016 Georgia Milestone (EOC) Summer/Retest Administration Grades 9 – 12

Student Learning Objectives
Students must participate in SLO Pre and Post Assessments for all courses where there is not a state required test Pre-Assessments must be administered within the first 10 days of a student entering a course and Post-Assessments must be administered at the end of each course and no later than May 20, 2016.

Universal Screener
Aug. 10-Sep 8, 2015 District Screening Window – Fall Grades K – 10
Jan. 6 – Feb 3, 2016 District Screening Window – Winter Grades K – 10
Apr. 25 – May 24, 2016 District Screening Window – Spring Grades K – 10

2 responses to “DeKalb Schools 2015 – 2016 Testing Calendar

  1. Are the mid month eoc tests for assesment purpises only? Meaning are they graded and used in gpa?