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DETAILED ASSESSMENT TESTING CALENDAR FOR 2016-2017
Arizona Department of Education Revised 10/25/2016
ACHIEVEMENT ASSESSMENTS
AZMERIT
AzMERIT will be administered to students in Grades 3 through high school in English Language Arts and
Mathematics at their grade level. Students taking high school level English Language Arts and
Mathematics will take AzMERIT End-of-Course assessments that will test their proficiency in these
subjects near the end of the course. Students enrolled in high school level course work that qualify for
EOC testing prior to being enrolled in high school are not required to take the grade level test.
For School Year 2016-2017, there will be three AzMERIT testing windows: Summer 2016 EOC, Fall 2016
EOC, and Spring 2017 (grades 3-8 and EOC). Summer 2016 EOC and Fall 2016 EOC will only be available
as a Computer-based test. Spring 2017 will be available for both Computer-Based and Paper-Based.
Students should participate in the appropriate AzMERIT EOC test(s) during the semester they are on track
to complete, a one credit course aligned to one of the first three years of English credits or one of the
first three years of mathematics credits required for high school graduation.
For both Computer-Based and Paper-Based testing:
Grades 3 – 8 Day 1 must be the writing.
EOC ELA Day 1 must be the writing.
Reading and Math do not have to be administered on the same day.
When two test sessions are scheduled on the same day, there must be a break between sessions.
AzMERIT is untimed. The upper end of the suggested time for a testing session is the estimated
time needed for at least 95% of students to complete the session. A test session must be
completed by the end of the school day.
AZMERIT CBT TEST WINDOW
Computer-Based Testing
Summer 2016
EOC Testing
Fall 2016
EOC Testing
Spring 2017
Grades 3-8/EOC Testing
June 13 –
July 21, 2016
October 24 –
December 2, 2016
March 27 –
May 4, 2017
Day 1 (Writing) must be
scheduled no later than:
July 7, 2016
November 17, 2016
April 20, 2017
All Writing must be
completed (including
makeups) by:
July 8, 2016
November 18, 2016
April 21, 2017
Last day of testing Grade
3 Reading and Math
(except writing):
N/A
N/A
April 28, 2017
Last day of testing
Reading and Math
(except grade 3) must be
scheduled no later than:
July 20, 2016
December 1, 2016
May 3, 2017
All Makeup testing
(except writing and
Grade 3) must be
completed no later than:
July 21, 2016
December 2, 2016
May 4, 2017