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