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Middle School Assessments SY 2024-2025

Middle School 2024-2025

Middle School Assessments
State AssessmentsGradesTesting Window
Updated January 8, 2025
ACCESS (for ELL's 2.0) 6-8 January 14 – March 7, 2025
NM-ASR Science  8 March 10 – May 2, 2025
DLM (Alternate
Performance Assessment)
6-8 (ELA/Math)
8 (Science)
March 10 – May 2, 2025
NM-MSSA (New Mexico's
Measures of Student
Success & Achievement)
6-8 March 17 – May 2, 2025
District Supported Interim Assessment
State AssessmentsGradesTesting Window
Updated July 24, 2024
i-Ready (Beginning of year) 6-8 Aug. 7 - Sept. 27, 2024
i-Ready (Middle of year) 6-8 Dec. 2 - Dec. 20, 2024
i-Ready (End of year) 6-8 April 7 - May 23, 2025

Assessments Overview

Access:

ACCESS for ELs 2.0 (Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State) is a large-scale English Language Proficiency assessment administered to K - 12th-grade students who have been identified as English language learners. This assessment is given annually to monitor students’ progress towards acquiring academic English proficiency in the four domains: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking. The performance levels are used to place students in the appropriate courses.

DLM:

DLM (Dynamic Learning Maps) is only required for students with significant cognitive disabilities. A student IEP team will determine if the student is eligible to take this alternative assessment. DLM replaces Language Arts & Math (NM-MSSA), Science (NM-ASR) and EOCs for social studies. Eligible students may take assessments in English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies.

i-Ready:

i-Ready assessments are available as a district-supported interim assessment. i-Ready offers an adaptive diagnostic assessment that can be used as a placement tool for Math and Reading.

NAEP:

NAEP (National Assessment of Education Progress) is a national assessment. NAEP covers many subjects including math, reading, writing, science, the arts, civics, economics, geography, and U.S. history for grades 4, 8, and 12. NAEP results serve as a common metric for all states and selected urban districts. This permits NAEP to provide a clear picture of student academic progress over time. The results are released as The Nation's Report Card, which provides information about student achievement to educators, parents, policymakers, and the public. This assessment is given only to certain selected schools each year.

NM-MSSA:

NM-MSSA (New Mexico's Measures of Student Success & Achievement) is the state-required assessment for grades 3-8 in Math and English Language Arts/Literacy.  

NM-ASR:

The NM-ASR (New Mexico Assessment of Science Readiness) is the science assessment that is required by the state for grades 5, 8, and 11. It measures student proficiency in content standards and benchmarks in science. 

This page was last updated on: July 25, 2018.