AASA
Arizona's Academic Standards Assessment (AASA)
Grades 3-8 Testing:
AASA is the statewide achievement test for Arizona students in Grades 3-8. All Arizona public school students in Grades 3 - 8 will take the grade level AASA assessments in English Language Arts and Mathematics.
High School Testing:
Cohort 2025 (typically grade 9) students will take the ACT Aspire assessment.
Cohort 2023 (typically grade 11) students will take the ACT assessment.
2021-2022 Achievement Test Security Agreement (Staff)
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Spring 2022 Testing
- CBT: April 4 - April 29, 2022
- Writing must be completed by April 15, 2022
- PBT: April 4 - April 13, 2022
- Writing must be scheduled for April 4 or 5, 2022
AASA Writing Stand-Alone Field Test -January 24 - February 18, 2022
Spring 2022 Testing Mode
The Testing Mode Application will be open in ADEConnect September 20 - October 15, 2021.
All Achievement testing is, by default, administered to students by computer.
No action needs to be taken if your school site(s) will remain computer-based for Spring 2022.
The District Test Coordinator (DTC) for any school site requesting paper administration in Spring 2022 for AASA, AzSCI, ACT Aspire, and/or ACT testing must complete the application in ADEConnect. The DTC will need to enter a reason for the testing mode change for each test for the site(s) that request a paper administration. The Assessment section will review each request individually and update the status in the application.
To request paper administration, log into ADEConnect. Select Assessment. Click the dropdown for Achievement Reports and select Achievement Test Mode to begin.
Please Note:
For AzSCI to be administered as a paper test, every student response must be key entered into the TestNav online testing platform once the students have completed testing by a Test Administrator who has been trained and who has submitted a test security agreement. All student responses must be entered in TestNav before the end of the AzSCI test window.
Accommodations for the new AASA assessment will be similar to the accommodations for the former AzM2 assessment. New documents will be published this fall.
*Special Paper Version (SPV) tests are available for students unable to use a computer based on their daily instruction and IEP or 504 plan. SPV tests include Braille, Large Print, and paper tests.
Requests for SPV tests may be submitted between August 30, 2021 to February 25, 2022 using the form at https://www.azed.gov/assessment/spv2022.
2021-2022 Special Paper Version Test Request Process Updated 10-25-21
- AASA Sample Tests and Tutorials Directions: Select Arizona, then click on "Mic Check and Sample Tests"
Scoring Guides for Sample Tests
ELA
- AASA Scoring Guide - ELA Grade 3
- AASA Scoring Guide - ELA Grade 4
- AASA Scoring Guide - ELA Grade 5
- AASA Scoring Guide - ELA Grade 6
- AASA Scoring Guide - ELA Grade 7
- AASA Scoring Guide - ELA Grade 8
Math
The Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) test section is administered to all third grade students.
Item Specifications are aligned to the 2016 ELA and Mathamatics Standards.
ELA Item Specifications
- ELA Grade 3
- ELA Grade 4
- ELA Grade 5
- ELA Grade 6
- ELA Grade 7
- ELA Grade 8
Math Item Specifications
ELA
Math
AzM2 Portal (TIDE and ORS) - Note: The last day to access the AzM2 Portal, hosted by Cambium Assessment, Inc., was Monday, October 11, 2021.
