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Information About The Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) Tests

State Testing Information for Arizona
Portions of the following material were taken from the Arizona Department of Education website. Please see our links and source sections at the bottom of the page for more details and references.

• Standards Based Assessments

– Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS)
– Measure student proficiency of the Arizona Academic Content Standards in Writing, Reading, Mathematics, and Science
– Developed by Arizona teachers


• Norm Referenced Assessments

– Stanford 10
– Measure student national percentile ranking in Reading, Language, and Mathematics
– Developed by Pearson

Assessment Information
Arizona’s Assessment Program

• Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS)

– Grades: 3-8
– Subjects: Writing, Reading, Mathematics, Science
– Contains both AIMS and Stanford 10 items


• Stanford 10

– Grades: 2 and 9
– Subjects: Reading, Language, Mathematics
– Norm-Referenced Assessment
– Measures student national percentile ranking


• AIMS HS (High School)

– Grades: 10, 11, 12
– Subjects: Writing, Reading, Mathematics, Science


• AIMS-A (for students with significant cognitive disabilities)

– Grades: 3-8 and 10, 11, 12
– Subject: Reading, Mathematics, Science

• Grades: 4, 8, 12
• Subjects: Reading, Mathematics, Writing
• Also known as "the Nation's Report Card"
• The only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas
• Provides results regarding subject-matter achievement, instructional experiences, and school environment for populations of students (e.g., fourth-graders) and groups within those populations (e.g., female students, Hispanic students)

Testing Plan
Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS)

• Grades 3-8: Reading and Mathematics, includes Stanford 10 Reading, Language, Mathematics
• Grades 5, 6, 7: Writing
• Grades 4 and 8: Science

Testing Schedule
Five-Year Testing Calendar 2009-2014

Source
Arizona Department of Education

Source Accessed Date
September 15, 2009

Links

Arizona Assessment
Test Coordinator Information (including Overview of the Arizona’s Assessment Program)
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
AIMS Updates
AIMS Student Guides
AIMS Sample Tests