Assessments
Colorado’s standards-based state summative assessment system is designed to provide a picture of student performance to schools, districts, educators, parents, and the community. The purpose of the assessments is to indicate the degree to which students have mastered the Colorado Academic Standards (CAS) in mathematics, English language arts/literacy, and science at the end of the tested grade level and content area. CMAS results provide one measure of a student’s academic progress relative to the CAS.
2023-2024 Testing Window:
3rd grade through 5th grade
April 8th - April 26th
Parents/Guardians: As required by state law, we are informing you that you have two options in the Aurora Public School District to opt your children out of state testing, if you wish to do so. Here are those options, with corresponding deadlines:
IC Parent Portal Opt-Out Tool - This tool is now live in your Infinite Campus Parent Portal and instructions to access it are at this link (English) (Spanish). If you have trouble with the Parent Portal, please contact your school representative. The deadline to use this tool is Sunday, March 31st.
Paper Opt-Out Form - The district Opt-Out form is available at the bottom of this page. Please complete this form and submit it to your school representative. The deadline to use this paper Opt-out form is Friday, April 5th.
For further details on CMAS, please explore the CDE's website at http://www.cde.state.co.us/assessment/factsheetsandfaqs.