Scantron Supports Assessments For Virginia's Student Growth Model
The Virginia State Department of Education provides school divisions the option to purchase assessments that are valid measures of student growth for local use. Use of these student growth assessments is neither required nor mandated by VDOE. Rather, these are a means to support to school divisions by making available valid student growth data to inform both instruction and teacher evaluation.
Learn more about Virginia’s Approved Growth Model Assessments.
Scantron’s Performance Series (Reading, ELA, Mathematics, and Science), is identified as an approved assessment to identify a students’ current subject level proficiency, provide suggested next steps and challenges, and demonstrate growth over time.
Performance Series is a research-based, criterion-referenced computer-adaptive test that lets K–12 educators quickly pinpoint the instructional level of students across a range of subjects, capture immediate results, and produce standards-based reports including suggested learning objectives on a scaled score. In addition, subsequent administrations of the test at specified testing intervals demonstrate growth in a subject and against standards.
Performance Series enables educators to identify the proficiency levels of students corresponding to state-specific standards, measure growth, understand student performance in relation to others, inform instruction, help with placement, and provide direct links to several teaching and learning resources such as Lexile, Edgenuity, Classworks, and others.
Learn more about what Performance Series offers Virginia educators.
Every Student Succeeds Act in Virginia
VA ESSA Plan
VDOE Every Student Succeeds Act
Virginia Federal Accountability
