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.

 

Contact Pearson Customer Support for AASA:

888-705-9421, Option 3 or Contact Form

 

High School Testing for Spring 2023:

Cohort 2026 (typically grade 9) students will take the ACT Aspire assessment.

Cohort 2024 (typically grade 11) students will take the ACT assessment. 

 

2021-2022 Achievement Test Security Agreement (Staff) - coming Fall 2022

AzM2 Assessment Results 

Email AASA Inbox

Apply to be part of the Educator Committees: Committee Application

Spring 2023 Testing

  • CBT: April 3 - April 28, 2023 
    • Writing must be completed by April 14, 2023
  • PBT: April 3 - April 12, 2023 
    • Writing must be scheduled for April 3 or 4, 2023

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 AASA assessment will be similar to the accommodations for the former AzM2 assessment. 

 

 

*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

 

Additional Accommodations Requests for AASA, AzSCI, and/or ACT Aspire may be submitted using this form: 

https://www.azed.gov/assessment/achievement_aa_fy22.

  • Additional Accommodations Requests SHOULD NOT include Universal Test Administration Conditions or Universal Tools.

AASA Sample Tests and Tutorials

Directions: Select Arizona, then click on "Mic Check and Sample Tests"

 

Scoring Guides for Sample Tests

ELA

 

 

 

Math

  • Testing Window: January 24 - March 4, 2022 (Extended two additional weeks)
  • All students in Grades 3-8 will participate

 

Writing Stand-Alone Field Test (SAFT) Frequently Asked Questions 11-8-21

Writing Presentation - presented 11-9-21; updated 12-17-21

The Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) test section is administered to all third grade students.

 

Oral Reading Fluency Presentation - presented 11-8-21

Manuals will be posted as they become available.

DTC Checklist:

AASA - Spring 2022 DTC Important Tasks Checklist (print copy to have available)    11-1-21

Manuals:

AASA - Spring 2022 Test Coordinator's Manual New 3-9-22

AASA - Spring 2022 Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Test Administration Directions Grades 3-8 New 3-7-22

AASA - Spring 2022 Paper-Based Testing (PBT) Test Administration Directions Grades 3-8 New 3-7-22

Spring 2022 AASA and AzSCI PearsonAccessnext User's Guide 11-17-21

 

Tutorials

How to Unlock Student Tests 1-29-2022

How to Find Testing Groups in Sessions 1-29-2022

How to Resume a Test 1-29-2022

How to Change Grade Level in PAN 2-8-2022

AASA ELA Blueprints

AASA Math Blueprints

AASA Cut Scores

Item Specifications are aligned to the 2016 ELA and Mathematics Standards.

ELA Item Specifications

 

Math Item Specifications

These PLDs are aligned to the 2016 English Language Arts and Mathematics Standards.

ELA

 

Math

ADE Writing Presentation for AASA - New 12-10-21

Writing Presentation - presented 11-9-21; updated 12-17-21

Writing Rubrics

 

Writing Guides

 

New Annotated Writing Samples and AASA Writing Rubric Guides will be available Fall 2022. The following AzM2 documents can still be utilized for the 2021-2022 school year.

 

Annotated Writing Samples

 

Rubric Guides

 

Writing Prompts

Additional grade level prompts can be found in the Item Specifications documents for your grade level.

 

 

Read-Aloud Guidance for Paper-Based Testing

 

Read-Aloud Guidance for Paper-Based Testing

Districts, schools, and students will not receive results from the AASA Writing Stand-Alone Field Test.

AASA (operational Spring 2022)

May 14, 2022 - Electronic score reports and Student Data Files for Grade 3 ELA and Math available in PearsonAccessnext

May 25, 2022 - Electronic score reports and Student Data Files for Grades 4-8 ELA and Math available in PearsonAccessnext

June 15, 2022 - Paper copies of score reports delivered to districts and charters

Spring 2022 AASA Student Data File Layout Updated 5-17-2022

AASA Reporting Guide 5-23-2022

AASA Parent Portal Access Guide 5-23-2022

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