Valley View CUSD 365U · IL
What matters most here
The earliest test that affects placement is NNAT-3 (Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test) — Challenge Program, starting in 2nd Grade.
The bar: Above the 80th percentile in both Literacy and Math for students entering grade 2; above the 90th percentile in both for students entering grades 3-5. These are the screening-entry bars for students new to the district, not the final Challenge Program invitation bar, which was not published.
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
- 2–5 · NNAT-3 (Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test) — Challenge Program
NEEDS RE-VERIFICATION — do not treat as current.
Your kid's grade
Pick a grade — the page narrows to what your kid actually takes.
What 8th Grade takes
2 of Valley View CUSD 365U's 5 assessments apply to 8th 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.