Limited Testing of Eighth-Grade Students

Scores from the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) are used within the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for school accountability and a variety of purposes. In particular, national percentile scores from a student’s seventh-grade ISAT test may be used to determine eligibility for various high school programs or for selective enrollment high school applications.   

For students who did not participate in ISAT testing as seventh-graders or who did not receive a score, CPS will offer a limited opportunity this fall for eighth-graders to obtain a comparable test score.

Students eligible for testing are only those eighth-graders who do not have ISAT scores (either CPS or non-CPS; however, students must be residents of Chicago ). Students who took a nationally-normed achievement test such as California Achievement Tests (CAT) – 6th Edition, Terra Nova, Stanford Achievement Test 10, Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement 2, Woodcock Johnson Test, or Wechsler Individual Achievement Test 2 as seventh-graders need not be retested. National percentile scores from those tests may be used for selective enrollment applications or for other program eligibility.    

From October 24 - 28, 2011, current CPS students must test at their schools.

Non-CPS students must make arrangements with their neighborhood school to test at this time.    It is their responsibility to contact a participating CPS school. The deadline for making testing arrangements is October 14, 2011. We will not be able to accommodate any request for limited fall testing after October 14, 2011.

For CPS students, results will be available through the Secure Principal Login website.  For non-CPS students, results will be mailed to student's home based on the address information collected on the registration form.

Informational Materials

• Test Administration Bulletin
• Test Security Guidelines
• Test Security Plan Form for the 2011 Limited Fall Testing
• Limited Testing Information for Non-CPS Students
• Non-CPS Frequently Asked Questions
• Instructions for Online Ordering of Test Materials
• Click Here to Order Test Materials  

For additional information, contact Linda M. Abdul or call 773-553-2430.