Illinois
ACCESS
Full name: Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners
Status: Current
Years of Usage: 2003 to Present
Replaced by: n/a
Description: An ELL assessment created via a U.S. Government grant to the Wisconsin Dept. of Ed. Development of the assessment began in 2003, and today several states utilize it, including Illinois.
URL: https://www.wida.us/assessment/ACCESS/origins.aspx - accessed 05/02/2016
DLM
Full name: Dynamic Learning Maps
IAA
Full name: Illinois Alternate Assessment
Status: Not current
Years of Usage: ? to 2013-2014
Replaced by: Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Assessments in 2014-2015
Description: The Illinois Alternate Assessment (IAA) is the yardstick the state uses to measure the learning of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. Students take the IAA if participation in the state's regular assessments is not appropriate, even with accommodations.
URL: http://www.isbe.net/assessment/htmls/iaa.htm - accessed 05/02/2016
ISAT
Full name: Illinois State Achievement Test
Status: Not Current
Years of Usage: 1999 to 2014
Replaced by: PARCC
Description: The Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) measured individual student achievement relative to the Illinois Learning Standards. The results were used by parents, teachers, and schools as one measure of student learning. The state used the results to report student achievement to the public. ISAT was developed by Illinois teachers and district curriculum and assessment directors in cooperation with MetriTech, a Champaign-based testing company. ISAT was based solely on the Illinois Learning Standards adopted in July 1997. Those standards were developed by Illinois parents, teachers, administrators, school board members, employers and other citizens to set uniform, high expectations for student learning.
URL: http://www.isbe.net/assessment/htmls/isat.htm - accessed 05/02/2016
http://www.ccsd15.net/pages/CCSD15/Our_Services/619813699063962018/Standardized_Testing/ISAT - accessed 05/02/2016
PARCC
Full Name: Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers