SD U-46 · IL
What matters most here
The earliest test that affects placement is Accelerated Placement Act measures (ALEKS, Iowa Assessments, PSAT/NMSQT, DESSA), starting in Kindergarten.
The bar: Unpublished for all four tools.
≈ Typical practice — not verified for this district
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
- Accelerated Placement Act measures
- Early Entrance to Kindergarten/First Grade — assessment criteria
- K–10 · i-Ready Diagnostic
- CogAT
Your kid's grade
Pick a grade — the page narrows to what your kid actually takes.
What 2nd Grade takes
2 of SD U-46's 6 assessments apply to 2nd 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.