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Legend:
Begin / Mid/ End Semester Red: Student Holiday; Schools Closed

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Blue: Teacher Professional Learning Day; Students Do Not Report Green: First / Last Day of School

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Progress Report and Report Card Schedule:

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Additional Information About APS:

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Testing Dates: Standardized tests help measure student performance. They also highlight the hard work of students, teachers, parents, administrators and community partners throughout the school year. Here are the 2013-14 testing dates: Elementary School September 2013 Iowa Test of Basic Skills Traditional Schools Only September 2013 May 2, 2014 Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Development Skills (GKIDS) September 3, 2013 March 28, 2014 Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA) Administration Middle School September 3, 2013 March 28, 2014 Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA) Administration September 16-27, 2013 8th Grade Technology Assessment Pre-Test October 2013 Iowa Test of Basic Skills Year-Round Schools Only January 21 March 4, 2014 ACCESS for ELLs January March 2014 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP-Selected Schools Only) March 2014 Iowa Test of Basic Skills Traditional & Year-Round Schools March 5-6, 2014 Georgia Writing Test for Grade 5 March 17-28, 2014 Georgia Grade 3 Writing Assessment Evaluation April 16 April 22, 2014 Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency TestModified (CRCT-M) April 16 April 24, 2014 Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) May 19-21, 2014 CRCT and CRCT-M Retest

January 21 March 4, 2014 ACCESS for ELLs January 22-23, 2014 Georgia Grade 8 Writing Assessment January March 2014 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEPSelected Schools Only) October 5, 2013 | SAT October 14-25, 2013 End of Course Tests Mid-Month/ Retest Online Administration October 16 and 19, 2013 PSAT (Grades 10 and 11) October 26, 2013 | ACT November 2, 2013 | SAT November 4-8, 2013 Retest for Georgia High School Graduation Test Georgia Basic Skills Test in reading and mathematics (No make-up) November 11-15, 2013 Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) Assessment November 20-22, 2013 Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) Assessment Retest December 3-16, 2013 End of Course Tests Week December 7, 2013 | SAT December 14, 2013 | ACT January 21-31, 2014 End of Course Tests Mid-Month/ Retest Administration January 21 March 4, 2014 ACCESS for ELLs

March 18-31, 2014 8th Grade Technology Assessment Post Test April 16 April 22, 2014 Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency TestModified (CRCT-M)

April 16 April 24, 2014 Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) May 19-21, 2014 CRCT and CRCT-M Retest

High School August 12-23, 2013 End of Course Tests Mid-Month/ Retest September 2013 Iowa Test of Basic Skills Traditional Schools Only September 3, 2013 March 28, 2014 Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA) Administration September 3 November 8, 2013 Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA) Retest Administration September 9-13, 2013 Retest for Georgia High School Graduation Test Georgia Basic Skills Test in reading and mathematics (No make-up) September 16-27, 2013 End of Course Tests September 21, 2013 | ACT September 25-26, 2013 Georgia High School Graduation Test in Writing Georgia Basic Skills Test in writing (No make-up) October 2013 Iowa Test of Basic Skills Year-Round Schools Only

January 25, 2014 | SAT January March 2014 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEPSelected Schools Only) February 8, 2014 | ACT February 10-21, 2014 End of Course Tests Mid-Month/ Retest Administration February 26-27, 2014 Retest for Georgia High School Graduation Test in Writing Georgia Basic Skills Test in Writing (No make-up) March 2014 Iowa Test of Basic Skills Traditional & Year-Round Schools March 3-14, 2014 End of Course Tests Mid-Month/ Retest/Test-Out Administration March 24-28, 2014 Georgia High School Graduation Test Georgia Basic Skills Test in reading and mathematics (No make-up) March 31 April 4, 2014 Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) Assessment April 12, 2014 | ACT

April 16-18, 2014 Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) Assessment retest April 29 May 12, 2014 Georgia End of Course Tests (EOCT) Week May 3, 2014 | SAT May 5-16, 2014 Advanced Placement (AP Exams) May 5-23, 2014 IB Testing Dates June 7, 2014 | SAT June 14, 2014 | ACT July 14-15 / 17-18, 2014 (Tentative) Georgia High School Graduation Retest July 16, 2014 (Tentative) Georgia High School Graduation Test in Writing June/July 2014 End of Course Tests Summer/ Retest Administration

Download the complete Testing Calendar with testing descriptions: www.atlantapublicschools.us/calendar

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