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General Assessment Information
Spring 2025 Tentative Colorado State Assessment Windows
A typical state assessment administration season is scheduled for spring 2025 as required by state and federal law. The testing calendar is developed keeping in mind that some schools are on four-day week calendars, some schools may experience a weather closure, and some students may miss a couple of days due to religious observance. While it is not feasible to develop a testing schedule that completely avoids all work-restricted religious holidays every year, they are taken into consideration in determining the calendar.
ACCESS for ELLs
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January 13 through February 14, 2025
CMAS/CoAlt1: ELA/CSLA/Math/Science/Social Studies2
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April 7 through April 25, 20253
CO PSAT/SAT
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April 14 through April 25, 2025
High School CoAlt ELA/Math (DLM) for grades 9 through 111
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Aligned to PSAT/SAT schedule to the extent possible
1 To the extent possible, students taking the alternate assessment in a content area for which they are participating in a general education class should be assessed at the same time as their general education peers to avoid missed instruction. Schools may also ensure that students taking the alternate assessment do not miss instruction from their general education class(es) through other means.
2 Social studies tests will be administered in grades 4 and 7 at selected schools (a representative sample of schools in Colorado, roughly one-third of schools). The sampling plan of selected schools will be shared with DACs this fall.
3 CMAS/CoAlt Administration Window
- CDE encourages early returns of paper test books to expedite scoring and results processes and timelines.
- Students requiring accommodations (including CSLA) should test at the same time as their peers.
- To accommodate high school assessment schedules including SAT, AP and IB exams, districts can open and close the grade 11 science window early for a total of 3 testing weeks: March 31, 2025 through April 18, 2025.
- Districts must inform CDE by December 15, 2024 if:
- An early grade 11 science window will be used (notification provided to CDE through the District Testing Information and Format Selections Form distributed to official DACs upon completion of the Spring 2025 CMAS Administration Training for DACs).
- They desire flexibility for testing start and/or end dates. Upon completion of the Spring 2025 CMAS Administration Training for DACs, DACs contact CDE Assessment to schedule a meeting to discuss options.
2024 State Content Assessment Reporting Timeline
Reports and files provided or made available by Pearson, College Board, or University of Kansas (DLM) contain or may contain student personally identifiable information. These reports and files should be treated as confidential.
Student Level Data Files |
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CMAS | available June 17th via PearsonAccessnext |
CoAlt: Science | available June 17th via PearsonAccessnext |
CoAlt: ELA and Math (DLM) | available June 17th via Syncplicity |
CO PSAT/SAT | available to educators June 7th via College Board's K-12 assessment reporting portal |
CO PSAT/SAT (file to be used for accountability) | available June 28th via Syncplicity |
District and School Summary Data Files |
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CMAS | available June 25th via PearsonAccessnext |
CoAlt: Science | available June 25th via PearsonAccessnext |
CO PSAT/SAT | educators can generate as of June 7th via College Board's K-12 assessment reporting portal |
Individual Student Performance Reports (electronic) |
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CMAS Preliminary Student Performance Reports | available June 17th via PearsonAccessnext |
CoAlt: Science Preliminary Student Performance Reports | available June 17th via PearsonAccessnext |
Final CMAS Student Performance Reports | available July 3rd via PearsonAccessnext |
Final CoAlt: Science Student Performance Reports | available July 3rd via PearsonAccessnext |
CO PSAT | available May 14th via students’ online College Board account |
CO SAT | available beginning May 14th via students’ online College Board account or in the BigFuture School app |
available to educators June 7th via College Board’s K-12 assessment reporting portal | |
CoAlt: Mathematics and ELA (DLM) | available June 14th via DLM Educator Portal |
Additional CMAS and CoAlt: Science Reports |
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available July 11th via PearsonAccessnext |
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available July 18th via PearsonAccessnext |
Individual Student Performance Reports (hard copy) |
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CMAS | week of July 22nd |
CoAlt: Science | |
CO PSAT/SAT | June 17th |
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