Portland Public Schools Student Assessments For Remainder Of The School Year

Press release from Portland Public Schools:

April 13, 2020

We would like to update you on the status of district and state tests for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. If you have questions about student testing, please contact Testing Help
at testinghelp@pps.net.

State Required Assessments (OSAS ELA, Math, Science and ELPA Summative)

The Oregon Department of Education has cancelled the statewide assessment windows for English language arts, mathematics and science tests (including the Extended Assessments). Students who completed their tests before spring break will receive a score.

The ELPA Summative (English Language Proficiency Assessment) window is currently closed.

District Required Assessments (MAP Growth, DIBELS/IDEL, easyCBM)

PPS has cancelled all district level required assessments for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year.

International Baccalaureate (IB)

The International Baccalaureate Organization has announced that the May 2020 examinations for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme will not be held this year due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The student will be awarded either a diploma or a course certificate which reflects their standard of work. The achievement will be based around the students’ coursework and the established assessment expertise, rigor and quality control already built into the programmes.

For additional information on IB, please visit https://www.ibo.org/news/news-about-the-ib/covid-19-coronavirus-updates/.

Advanced Placement (AP)

AP testing for the 2019-20 school year will not be face-to-face. Students will now be testing online at home using any device, including computers, smartphones or tablets. If you need to borrow a PPS computer or gain access to the internet for testing, go to the PPS Coronavirus page (https://www.pps.net/coronavirus) and on the right-hand side scroll down to Need A Computer? and follow instructions there.

Exams will only cover material that students should have learned through March. To view the revised exam schedule, go to https://apcoronavirusupdates.collegeboard.org/educators and click on AP Exam Schedule View the Schedule.

Students have the option of cancelling their exam and will not have a cancellation fee applied by the College Board. Students wishing to cancel should start with AP Testing Service and email the cancellation desk at cancel@aptsusa.com and include:

• Student name
• Name of their school (including city/state)
• Title of the exam to cancel

This press release was produced by Portland Public Schools. The views expressed here are the author’s own.