CUSD 308 · IL
What matters most here
The earliest test that affects placement is Acceleration and Early Entrance screening, starting in Kindergarten.
The bar: Published for the CogAT trigger: 3rd and 4th graders who score at or above the 90th percentile on the fall and/or winter FastBridge in math and/or reading — in a content area they are not already served in — are administered the CogAT. (FastBridge)
What schools usually do with these scores
- Grouping. Screener results sort kids into small skill groups for reading and math. Groups are re-dealt after each testing window — fall, winter, spring — so a score follows your kid for about a trimester, not a year.
- Extra help and enrichment. Kids below benchmark usually get small-group support, checked every week or two. Kids far above it are the pool schools draw on for enrichment.
- Placement. Advanced-track decisions almost never hang on one test. Districts combine an ability test, an achievement measure, and teacher input into a matrix — which is why each score below earns its keep.
The path to the advanced track
- K–8 · Acceleration and Early Entrance screening
- 1–8 · FastBridge
- 2, plus 3–4 · CogAT
- 2–4 · HOPE Teacher Rating Scale
- IAAT
Your kid's grade
Pick a grade — the page narrows to what your kid actually takes.
What 5th Grade takes
8 of CUSD 308's 11 assessments apply to 5th Grade. Tap a test for what it measures and why it matters.
Got a score report?
Your kid's scores come home without context. Check one against the published bar — free, no account.
Not every test here has a published benchmark — where there isn't one, we won't invent a bar. And one score is one data point: schools decide from several measures across the year, plus the teacher's judgment.