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State Testing

Tempe Elementary Schools believe in a balanced assessment system. Each assessment has a specific purpose and role in ensuring student learning is on a positive trajectory

State Assessments

Per Federal and State requirements, AASA is administered to all students in grades 3-8, and AzSCI is administered to students in grades 5 and 8. AASA and AzSCI must be administered in person.

Every eligible student’s participation is important. The information from these tests can be utilized as a measurement to determine how academic instruction can be improved to meet the needs of our students – individually, in our district, and throughout the state of Arizona. For more information on state testing in Arizona, please visit the Arizona Department of Education's Assessment website.
 

Student Readiness Tool & Sample Tests

The Student Readiness Tool is available online to help students learn how to interact with the testing platform. It offers step-by-step guidance on how to navigate the test, use embedded digital aids, and how to answer the different types of technology-enhanced items (such as hot text highlights, drag-and-drop, and short constructed responses). 

Sample tests for both AASA and AzSCI are also available online and can be used to provide additional practice for students. 

Both of these resources are available online through TestNav Arizona (requires Windows 10 or higher if accessing from a PC). Click on “Mic Check and Sample Tests”; toward the bottom of the screen. 

 

Student Results from Spring 2026 AASA and AzSCI

An email with instructions on how to access your Student Score Report online through the ADE Parent Portal will be sent through ParentSquare during the last week of June 2026.

Printed Spring 2026 AASA Student Score Reports will be sent home with students during the first quarter of the 2026-2027 school year. Student Score Reports for Spring 2026 AzSCI grade 5 will be sent home with students enrolled in a Tempe Elementary school at the same time as AASA Student Score Reports.

Grade 8 Spring 2026 AASA and AzSCI Student Score Reports will be mailed in July to the address on file with Tempe Elementary Schools.

If your student was enrolled in grade 3-7 in Tempe Elementary Schools in Spring 2026 and took state assessments, you can request access to your student score report through the District's Student Records Request process.

Spring 2027* Testing Dates

AzSCI (Grades 5 and 8): March 23 - April 9, 2027
AASA (Grades 3-8): March 29 - April 23, 2027

Each Tempe Elementary school determines their own campus testing schedule within these date ranges. Please contact your school directly if you are unsure of when your student will be testing.

*These dates are tentative and pending approval from Arizona State Board of Education.