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Name of Assessment, Purpose, Use, and time and manner in which parents/guardians and students will be notified of the results.

Dates

Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) has been the state’s testing program since 1988, and it includes TNReady assessments in grades 3-8 for math, English language arts, social studies, and science. The assessment will be administered paper/pencil for grades 3-8 in all subject areas. All tests will be timed and each subtest is expected to take approximately 30-85 minutes. The assessments are designed to assess true student understanding and not just basic memorization and test-taking skills. TCAP measures understanding of our state standards. Individual student reports which detail student performance will be provided to parents/guardians as soon as they are released to the district by the Tennessee Department of Education. Practice assessments or benchmarks will be administered periodically in preparation for TNReady in ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies.

April 13 – May 8

BTCS administers multiple assessments to measure student progress toward mastery of the curriculum and student skill development over the course of the school year.

Fall, winter, and spring

Name of Assessment, Purpose, Use, and time and manner in which parents/guardians and students will be notified of the results.

Dates

Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) has been the state’s testing program since 1988, and it includes TNReady end of course assessments in high school for English I & II, Integrated Math I-III, Biology, and U.S. History. The assessment will be administered paper/pencil for all high school end of course exams. All tests will be timed and each subtest is expected to take approximately 35-95 minutes. The assessments are designed to assess true student understanding and not just basic memorization and test-taking skills. TCAP measures understanding of our state standards. TCAP EOC assessments are given to help measure how much a student grows academically in a particular content area. Individual student reports which detail student performance will be provided to parents/guardians as soon as they are released to the district by the Tennessee Department of Education. Practice assessments or benchmarks will be administered periodically in preparation for TNReady.

Fall Block: Dec. 2 - 19

Spring Block: April 13 – May 8

*High School Courses Include:

English I & II

Int. Math I, II, and III

Biology

U.S. History

BTCS administers multiple assessments to measure student progress toward mastery of the curriculum and student skill development over the course of the school year.

Fall and Spring

ACT is administered and used to measure college readiness and HOPE scholarship eligibility. Reports are provided to students approximately three to eight weeks after the administration of the assessment by ACT.

Students in 11^th grade must participate in the ACT state test during the spring. Students in 12^th grade will participate in the ACT Senior Retake in the fall.