Assessment

2026-2027 School Year Assessment Dates

To view our testing schedule, please select the desired grade level below.

Specific dates for the SAS and STAR are determined by each school. Principals will reach out to families directly with additional details.

Acadience, STAR, the NH SAS, and the PSAT/SAT testing are the four districtwide assessments administered at the ORCSD. The Acadience and STAR Assessments are curriculum-based measurements that are used for benchmarking at regular intervals and monitoring progress, allowing for long-term instructional goals with an end grade level objective. The NH SAS and the SAT are statewide assessments administered to certain grade levels at the local level by our faculty and staff. The PSAT’s are optional tests that are administered for merit scholarship and SAT preparation. These are summative snapshots of a student’s learning and performance.   
 
Individual student scores are one of several measures that are used to help teachers and families understand student progress. The ORCSD Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Teams can also use the STAR and SAS, along with other data, to assess student growth and achievement. As a parent, you will be provided with this data as only one point of information about your student’s overall academic achievement.   
 
Acadience Reading is ORCSD’s universal screener, used as one point of information to identify students at risk of reading difficulty. It is typically administered three times a year to students in kindergarten and first grade. The Acadience screener helps teachers understand where students are in their learning. Acadience Math is a universal screener administered to students in kindergarten and first grade. For more information, please visit Acadience Learning. 
 
STAR is typically administered three times a year to students in second to ninth grade students. For the past few years (since the return from the pandemic) we have administered the STAR to students in grade 10. For frequently asked questions, please see below. See below for frequently asked questions. For more information, please visit Star Assessments Family Resource | Renaissance.
 
SAS statewide test is administered in the spring. Your child participates in the New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System (NH SAS) assessment in English language arts (reading and writing) and mathematics in grades 3-8 and in science for students in grades 5, 8, and 11. For frequently asked questions, please view NH DOE.  
 
SAT statewide test is administered to the 11th grade in the spring during the school day assessment. For frequently asked questions, please visit NH DOE School Day SAT. 
 
In addition to the STAR, SAS and the SAT, the high school offers 11th grade students the PSAT/NMSQT test in the fall and the 10th grade the PSAT in the spring, during the school day. The PSAT/NMSQT is the exact same test as the PSAT 10—except that a sufficiently high score on the PSAT/NMSQT can qualify students for a National Merit Scholarship. The PSAT is primarily used for practice for the SAT and can help identify areas of strength and growth for the SAT preparation. For further information, please visit College Board. 
 
Civics Test Requirement for Graduation. All students must pass a locally developed competency assessment in civics, as well as the naturalization examination developed by the 2020 U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services with a 70 percent or better. The assessments are administered in social studies courses and can occur between September 8, 2026, and July 16, 2027.