The School District of Muskego-Norway uses a strategic assessment system to inform decisions at the classroom, school and district levels.  As part of the Wisconsin's Strategic Assessment System, the district does more than balance different types of assessments.  Different types of assessment include formative, interim/benchmark and summative assessments.  "Strategic Assessment System" refers to a thoughtful selection of assessment tools and practices while purposefully using the information from the assessments to directly impact student achievement.

For more information about the Wisconsin's Strategic Assessment System, click HERE.

For more information about different types of assessment, click HERE.

Wisconsin Student Assessment System

The Wisconsin Student Assessment System (WSAS) is a comprehensive statewide program designed to provide information about what students know in core academic areas and whether they can apply what they know. The WSAS includes:

• STAR Early Literacy at grades 4K-2 measures print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics and word recognition and fluency
• The Wisconsin Forward Exam at grades 3-8 in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics,at grades 4 and 8 in Science, and 4, 8, and 10 in Social Studies 
• Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) at grades 3-11 in ELA and Mathematics, at grades 4 and 8 - 11 in Science, and at grades 4, 8, and 10 in Social Studies
• ACT Aspire at grades 9 & 10
• The ACT Plus Writing at grade 11 for Reading, English, Mathematics, Science, and Writing, and ACT WorkKeys at grade 11.

For a list of Wisconsin State Assessments by grade, click HERE.

Student performance on WSAS can be reviewed for Muskego Norway School District and other school districts on the Wisconsin Information System for Education.

District Assessments

Additional district assessments are used to create a balanced system of assessments.  The district assessments include:

• STAR Reading and STAR Math at grades 1-10 as the reading and math screener
  • Parent letter to be added
• CogAT at grades 3 and 6 (new in 2016-17)
  • Parent letter 
  • Parent letter with CogAT results
• Teacher College Reading Assessment at grades K-8
• AIMSWeb as needed in grades K-10