Az Merit Ela8th Grade Ela Page

English Language Arts; English Language Development. Grade; J4K Instructional Specialists Site. 1525 West Frye Road Chandler, AZ 85224. Students in grades 3-8 and grade 10 (Cohort 2022) must be tested in Spring 2020. All students will participate in their grade level ELA and math assessments only. High school End-of-Course (EOC) testing has been eliminated. High school students in other grades/cohorts are not eligible to test on AzM2.

Yuma Elementary School District One is committed to having students excel in education. AzM2 is Arizona’s new statewide achievement test based on the new standards for reading, writing, and mathematics. Using this standardized test will help teachers, students, and parents know if students are on track to becoming college and career ready once they graduate from high school. Read through the information we have available and become familiar with Arizona’s achievement test.

AzM2 (formerly AzMERIT)

AzM2 (Formerly AzMERIT)

AzM2 is the statewide achievement test for Arizona students. Arizona public school students in Grades 3–8 will take the grade level AzM2 assessments in English Language Arts and Mathematics.

For more information, please visit the Arizona Department of Education's AzM2 info page.

AIMS Science is a standards-based assessment that measures student proficiency of the Arizona Academic Content Standard in Science. It meets federal requirements for student assessment. It will be administered in the spring to students in the 4th and 8th grades.

For more information, visit AIMS Science Assessment.

AZELLA

The Arizona English Language Learner Assessment (AZELLA) is a standards-based assessment that meets both state and federal requirements to measure students’ English language proficiency. AZELLA is used for both placement and reassessment purposes. Students who have been identified as second language learners on the Home Language Survey take the AZELLA placement test, and the students’ proficiency scores determine appropriate placement for instruction. Students who have been placed into an English language learner program will also take the AZELLA reassessment once per year until they achieve proficiency. Students who have scored proficient on the AZELLA are then monitored for two years to help ensure success after their move into a mainstream classroom.

For more information, visit AZELLA Assessment.

MSAA

The Multi-State Alternate Assessment (MSAA) is a comprehensive assessment system designed to promote increasing higher academic outcomes for students with significant cognitive disabilities in preparation for a broader array of post-secondary outcomes. The MSAA is designed to assess students with significant cognitive disability and measures academic content that is aligned to and derived from Arizona content standards. This test contains many built-in supports that allow students to take the test using materials they are most familiar with and communicate what they know and can do as independently as possible. The MSAA will be administered in the areas of ELA and Mathematics in grades 3-8. Arizona will administer MSAA for ELA and Mathematics.

For more information, visit MSAA AZED Assessment.

NAEP

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only assessment that measures what U.S. students know and can do in various subjects across the nation, states, and in some urban districts. Also known as The Nation’s Report Card, NAEP has provided important information about how students are performing academically since 1969. NAEP is given to a representative sample of students across the country. Each year schools across the U.S. are chosen at random. Results are reported for groups of students with similar characteristics (e.g., gender, race and ethnicity, school location), not individual students. National results are available for all subjects assessed by NAEP.

For more information, visit NAEP's website.

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Tools for AzM2

About the Sample Tests

The following sample tests are available:

Grade 3 Writing, Reading and Math
Grade 4 Writing, Reading and Math
Grade 5 Writing, Reading and Math
Grade 6 Writing, Reading and Math
Grade 7 Writing, Reading and Math
Grade 8 Writing, Reading and Math
Grade 10 Writing, Reading and Math

The purpose of the AzM2 Sample Tests is to familiarize students, teachers, and parents with content, item types, and the user interface of the AzM2 assessments. These sample tests are approximately one half-length of the operational test, match the test blueprint, and include the same item types. Answer keys are provided in ancillary “Guide to the Sample Test” documents.

Each content test will contain items aligned to the indicated content area and grade. The AzM2 ELA sample test has a Writing session that will provide students with an example stimulus, prompt, and response mechanism.

The sample tests do not include an item for each of the aligned Arizona Academic Standards that will be measured by the operational assessments. The training tests will NOT provide scores for students and should NOT be used to measure students’ content knowledge. The tests are not predictive of AzM2 summative performance, but do provide an opportunity to respond to similar types of items in about half the time as the summative test. Additionally, the sample tests provide an item response key so teachers can review items with students.

The sample tests are available in the computer-based format and are not available for paper printing.

About the Training Sites

The purpose of the AzM2 Training Sites is to familiarize students and teachers with the design, format, and procedures for answering different types of items that will be included in the AzM2 assessments. Administering the samples tests via the secure browser in the training sites allows schools to review the practices for starting, pausing, and submitting tests successfully while simulating the administration of the live operational sessions.

Ela 8th Grade Test

These tests are aligned to the Arizona K12 Academic Standards according to their individual grade and content level and represent both the variety in difficulty and item format that students may see on the AzM2 assessments. Schools are encouraged to have students take the appropriate sample test prior to the administration of AzM2; however, each LEA/school may decide how it wants to use the sample tests in the training sites with its students.