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State and Local Required Assessments

CIRCLE

Grade: Pre-K/Head Start

The CIRCLE Progress Monitoring System is a tool that enables a teacher to quickly assess a child’s progress in a particular skill area. The data collected is reviewed by teachers and prompts them to focus on targetted lessons that address their students’ least developed skills.

The CIRCLE Progress Monitoring System:

  • is on the 2017-2021 Commissioner’s List of Approved Prekindergarten Progress Monitoring Instruments
  • is available at no cost to Texas public prekindergarten teachers and programs eligible for the TSR Online program
  • demonstrated high reliability and validity in multiple research studies

 

 

mCLASS by Amplify

Grades: Kindergarten – 5th Grade

“mCLASS is an all-in-one system for Science of Reading-based universal screening, dyslexia screening, and progress monitoring.” mCLASS is powered by DIBELS® 8th Edition and helps our teachers measure and strengthen the foundational skills that all students need to become confident readers. mCLASS is used by Goliad ISD in the following measures:

  • Kindergarten – 2nd Grade ECDS submissions
  • Dyslexia screening of all Kindergarten and 1st grade students
  • Progress monitoring of students
  • Beginning, Middle, and End of Year Universal screening of students in grades K-5

 

 

mCLASS Math by Amplify

Grades: K-2

“mCLASS Math is a math assessment program that uncovers students’ mathematical reasoning and measures fundamental skills to build student success. Universal screening and progress monitoring with diagnostic interviews provide a rich view of at-risk students and gauge the effectiveness of math instruction.” At Goliad ISD, we utilize the data collected from our Beginning, Middle, and End of Year Universal Screeners to determine areas of strengths and weaknesses for our early learners. We use this data to drive our instruction and interventions that our students may need.

 

 

IXL Learning – Reading and Math

Grades: 3 – HS

“IXL's Diagnostic creates a personalized action plan for each student. With these recommended skills, you have a simple way to close learning gaps and facilitate meaningful progress.” At Goliad ISD, we utilize IXL for a number of different reasons, depending on each individual student and their needs. We utilize the Diagnostic Assessments in grades 3-8 as a tool for educators to use in the classroom to help support their learners in a more individualized manner. We also utilize the learning pathways provided by IXL assessments to help facilitate progress monitoring and interventions at the upper elementary, middle, and high school levels.
 

 

 

Renaissance STAR Reading Assessment

Grades: 7th 

Renaissance is a computer-based Dyslexia screener, which appears on the TEA Commissioner’s List of Approved Grade 7 Reading Instruments. STAR Reading is utilized by Goliad ISD to assess all seventh grade students at the beginning of the school year whose performance on the Grade 6 STAAR Reading assessment did not demonstrate reading proficiency. 

 

 

STAAR Interim Assessments

Grades: 3-8 and EOC 

State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Interim Assessments are online, district adopted assessments that align to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The data we receive from the assessments help educators monitor student progress and predict student performance on STAAR.