CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
TESTING & ASSESSMENT
Diagnostic Screening & Placement Assessment Services
CIAS offers Diagnostic Screening & Placement Assessments to all enrolling students; these assessments are required for all students seeking to attend the CIAS Campus School. These include, but are not limited to, the following assessments:
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Explode the Code Screening (Orton-Gillingham phonics program)
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Barton System of Reading & Spelling Screening (Orton-Gillingham RTI intervention)
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Roe-Burns Independent Reading Inventory (decoding, reading fluency, oral comprehension, silent comprehension)
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ACE Reading
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ACE English (grammar, mechanics)
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ACE Mathematics (foundational math knowledge)
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Teaching Textbooks Math Placement Tests (grade-leveled curriculum)
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Townsend Press Vocabulary Placement Test
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Basic 3 Learning Styles from Education Planner
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The VARK Questionaire for Younger People
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Multiple Intelligences/Learning Styles from Personality Max (high school only)
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Personality/Brain Hemisphere from Personality Max (high school only)
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Annual Achievement Testing Services
In addition to formative assessments and summative assessments in academic studies throughout the school year, annual achievement tests or end-of-year assessments are necessary and mandatory every year for all CIAS students. The CIAS annual achievement testing is administered every spring in April. See below for more information.
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The CIAS CEEB (international school code) is 101-614.
Use this number when registering for the SAT or ACT.
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Other Local testing Services
Several other local homeschooling groups and co-ops administer achievement tests as well. This testing information is provided below.
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Neuropsychological Testing
Occasionally, we need to refer a student to outside testing services for diagnosis and measurement, utilizing the services of several pediatric neuropsychologists, neuropsychologists, or school or clinical psychologists in the local area. See more information on the CIAS WEBPAGE for ESE & Special Education.
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Test Preparation:
There are many free test prep websites for high school level and college entrance examination tests.
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Grades K5-10
End-of-Year Learning Objective Assessments for Grades K-2
CIAS has created End-Of-Year Learning Objective Assessments for students in grades K-2. CIAS administers the Iowa Assessments for all students in grades 3-10 (and some 11-12). Computerized test results are shared with parents through emailed PDF interpretive reports. We can arrange for test review consulations upon request, where progress is discussed and recommendations can be made.
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Iowa Assessments for Grades 3-10
Annual achievement tests are administered for several reasons and purposes:
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To monitor academic progress from year to year
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To diagnose any learning gaps that may occur from a curricula or educational approach/methodology
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To verify test results in comparison with GPA
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To fulfill annual testing requirements for students using Step Up For Students scholarships
Testing may be required for any new students who have not been given an achievement test during the previous school year. Students who do not make appropriate progress in a two-year period may not be promoted to the next grade.
Out-Of-Town Students:
CIAS families who live out of town may utilize other testing services that are available.
BJUP Testing & Evaluation Services offers the following tests:
Iowa Assessments Online
Iowa Assessments Paper
Stanford 10 Online
Stanford 10 Paper
Info: https://www.bjupresshomeschool.com/testing
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Seton Testing Services offers the following tests:
Iowa Assessments Paper
Stanford 10 Online
TerraNova 2 Paper
Info: https://www.setontesting
Juniors & Seniors
Graduation Requirements:
Graduating seniors completing an Academic or College Preparatory Diploma program should score into the Iowa Level 16 test (10th grade), at the 5th stanine and/or within the 45-55th percentile range in order to graduate with a CIAS high school diploma. Exceptions to this policy may be granted on a case-by-case basis.
Students in grades 11-12 may take any of the following assessments: PERT, TABE, ACT, SAT, ASVAB.
College Preparatory diploma earners will take at least one of the following: ACT or SAT.
PERT
The Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT), as well as the the Common Placement Test and the Compass Test, is the admissions exam to dual enroll or enter state, junior, or community colleges in Florida.
The PERT may be taken every 30 days, and there is a small fee for each subtest re-take.
The PERT is a untimed, computerized test. No calculators are allowed.
PSAT & PLAN
ACT & SAT
ACT & SAT
Each graduating seniors in the Academic Diploma Program or the College Preparatory Diploma Program is required to take at least one SAT and ACT before graduating from CIAS. We encourage our students to take either of these tests as many times as you need to improve your score. Remember: these tests can be taken an unlimited number of times.
ACT & SAT Payment Vouchers
CIAS receives a limited number of free payment vouchers from each of these test companies to give to needy students; validation/documentation of family income is required.
PSAT
Students in grades 9-11 may take the PSAT to gain experience with the SAT testing format and reveive the invaluable feedback report for study purposes that it provides. Contact Mary Beth Jones at the school office for more details about taling the PSAT.
PLAN
Taking the PLAN as a 10th grader is a great way to prepare for the ACT—and helps you get ready to succeed in college and beyond! Contact Mary Beth Jones at the school office for more details about taling the PSAT.