State and National Testing Update

Due to current events, state and national testing is impacted. Below are the changes to testing as of April 2, 2020. It is possible that additional changes will occur.

CMAS

  • Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS), will be paused for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year.
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AP

  • Traditional face-to-face exam administrations will not take place. Students will take a 45-minute online free-response exam at home. 
  • Some students may want to take the exam sooner rather than later, while the content is still fresh. Other students may want more time to practice. For each AP subject, there will be 2 different testing dates.
  • The full exam schedule, specific free-response question types that will be on each AP Exam, and additional testing details will be available by April 3. 
  • AP College Board will unlock any relevant free-response questions in AP Classroom for digital use so students can access all practice questions of the type that will appear on the exam.
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SAT

  • The Colorado School Day administration has been cancelled for 2020
  • National testing in May has been cancelled
  • The next SAT is scheduled for the first weekend of June. They will decide whether it is safe to hold that administration as soon as it’s feasible, given the evolving public health situation.
  • They will add US test administrations in response to canceled administrations. They are in communication with Colorado Department of Education about the cancelled School Day administrations. 
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ACT

  • ACT has rescheduled the April 4 national test date to June 13 across the U.S. All students registered for the April 4 test date will receive an email from ACT in the coming days informing them of the postponement and instructions for a free rescheduling to June 13 or a future national test date.
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IB

  • The Diploma Program examinations scheduled between April 30 - May 22 will not be held
  • Students will be awarded a diploma which reflects their standard of work.  Achievement will be based around the students' coursework and the established assessment expertise, rigor and quality control that is built into the programme.
  • Schools will upload course work for each student for review
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