Interim assessments are intentionally developed and administered to students at particular intervals of the school year that:
- Measure growth toward the completion of courses/yearly learning goals
- Inform and guide instruction
- Provide feedback to students (i.e. from self, peers, and teacher)
- Facilitate a systematic collective response to address student learning needs
- Focus on standards
- Should predict performance on summative assessments
- Often common assessments
- Drives professional learning
These assessments are commonly referred to as:
- Benchmarks
- Screeners
- or Common Assessments
USD 497 has purchased aimswebPlus and NWEA MAP Growth in combination with the free state resources: KAP Interim Mini's and KAP Interim Predictives to provide teachers and students with an array of assessments to meet varying purposes.
aimswebPlus
NWEA MAP Growth
KAP Interim