2009-2010 Monthly Testing Calendar

Religion:

• Ramadan—Reasonable accommodations should be made for students and employees who might be fasting (which includes no liquids) during the school day.

Testing:

• E-MCS—DRA2 continued.

Religion:

• Ramadan

MCS—Staff Development Day.

Testing:

• E-MCS—DRA2 continued.

Religion:

• Ramadan

Testing:

• E-MCS—DRA2 continued.

Religion:

• Ramadan

Testing:

• E-MCS—DRA2 continued.

Religion:

• Ramadan

Holiday: Labor Day (FCPS schools and offices are closed).

Religion:

• Ramadan

TCS-School begins. First grading period begins.

Testing:

E-MCS—DRA2 continued.

• Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) Rising to Middle School, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students.
• FCPS ESOL Writing Assessments Rising to Middle School, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students.
• FCPS ESOL Writing Assessments ESOL students in high school.

Religion:

• Ramadan

Testing:

• E-MCS—DRA2 continued.
• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

Religion:

• Ramadan

Testing:

• E-MCS—DRA2 continued.
• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

Religion:

• Ramadan

Testing:

• E-MCS—DRA2 last day.
• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

Testing:

• American College Testing (ACT) Certain students in grades 9 through 12.

Religion:

• Ramadan

Testing:

• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

• E-MCS—Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening PreK (PreK PALS). Selected FECEP/Head Sart students. Required literacy screening for those four year old FECEP/Head Start students funded through the Virginia Preschool Initiative. Data due to PALS website by October 16, 2009.
• E-MCS—Primary Developmental Reading Assessment®, 2nd Edition (DRA2): Word Analysis: Kindergarten screening to identify children for Early Intervention Initiative (EIRI).  Data due to DRA online website by October 16, 2009.

Religion:

• Ramadan

Testing:

• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

• E-MCS—PreK PALS continued.
• E-MCS—DRA2 Word Analysis kindergarten continued.

Religion:

• Ramadan

• Lailat al-Qadr—Students and employees for whom this is a time of religious significance could be absent.

Testing:

• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

• E-MCS—PreK PALS continued.
• E-MCS—DRA2 Word Analysis kindergarten continued.

Religion:

• Ramadan

Testing:

• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

• E-MCS—PreK PALS continued.
• E-MCS—DRA2 Word Analysis kindergarten continued.

Religion:

• Ramadan continued.

Testing:

• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

• E-MCS—PreK PALS continued.
• E-MCS—DRA2 Word Analysis kindergarten continued.

Religion:

• Eid-al-Fitr—Students and employees for whom this is a time of religious significance could be absent for several days.

Testing:

• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

• E-MCS—PreK PALS continued.
• E-MCS—DRA2 Word Analysis kindergarten continued.
• Primary Developmental Reading Assessment®, 2nd Edition (DRA2) Grades 1 through 3. Screening to identify children for Early Intervention Reading Initiative (EIRI). First, second and third grade students who are new to Virginia public schools or who received summer remediation must be tested.  Data for grades one and two due to DRA online website by October 23. Grade 3 data to be submitted electronically to Pat Hansen (pshansen@fcps.edu ) on an Excel spreadsheet by October 23, 2009.
• SOL Non-Writing Standards of Learning Tests. Grades 9 through 12. Open to students who have a passing grade for the course but need verified credit.  Students who completed the expedited retake in summer school programs are not eligible.

Testing:

• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

• E-MCS—PreK PALS continued.
• E-MCS—DRA2 Word Analysis kindergarten continued.
• TCS—DRA2: Grades 1-3 continued.
• SOL Non-Writing continued.
• Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT) Grade 2 and certain students in grades 3 through 7.

Testing:

• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

• SOL Non-Writing continued.
• E-MCS—PreK PALS continued.
• E-MCS—DRA2 Word Analysis kindergarten continued.
• TCS—DRA2: Grades 1-3 continued.
• SOL Non-Writing continued.
• NNAT continued.

Testing:

• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

• SOL Non-Writing continued.
• E-MCS—PreK PALS continued.
• E-MCS—DRA2 Word Analysis kindergarten continued.
• TCS—DRA2: Grades 1-3 continued.
• SOL Non-Writing continued .
• NNAT continued.

Testing:

• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

• E-MCS—PreK PALS continued.
• E-MCS—DRA2 Word Analysis kindergarten continued.
• TCS—DRA2: Grades 1-3 continued.
• SOL Non-Writing last day.
• NNAT last day.

Religion:

• Yom Kippur —Students and employees for whom this is a time of religious significance could be absent.

Testing:

• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

• E-MCS—PreK PALS continued.
• E-MCS—DRA2 Word Analysis kindergarten continued.
• TCS—DRA2: Grades 1-3 continued.

Testing:

• DRP rising to middle school ESOL continued.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school continued.
• FCPS ESOL high school continued.

• E-MCS—PreK PALS continued.
• E-MCS—DRA2 Word Analysis kindergarten continued.
• TCS—DRA2: Grades 1-3 continued.

Testing:

• DRP rising to middle school ESOL last day.
• FCPS ESOL writing assessments middle school last day.
• FCPS ESOL high school last day.

• E-MCS—PreK PALS continued.
• E-MCS—DRA2 Word Analysis kindergarten continued.ontinued.
• TCS—DRA2: Grades 1-3.