State Testing 2024-2025
March 6, 2025
Dear Parent/Guardian:
Each year, students in grades 3 through 8 participate in the New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System (NH SAS) and students in grade 11 participate in the College Board School Day SAT and NH SAS science assessment. This year, your child will take the following assessments, depending on their grade level:
NH SAS for Reading and Writing, and Mathematics in grades 3 through 8
NH SAS for Science in grades 5, 8, and 11
College Board School Day - SAT Reading and Writing, and Mathematics grade 11
Students in grades 3-8 will complete the NHSAS Reading and Writing, and Math assessments between April 21-May 30, specific schedules will be sent out in late March and will be posted on the school website. More details about testing days will be sent out prior to testing from your child’s school. NHSAS Science for grades 5 and 8 will be administered between May 12-30. Students in Grade 11 will take the SAT on Thursday, April 3 during school hours, and the NHSAS Science on Thursday, May 15. To learn more about the state accountability testing system, including average test times and an FAQ, please click here.
State assessments are an important part of a student’s core educational program. They provide an evaluation of student mastery of content and skills in various academic areas, serve as one tool for measuring the degree to which students are on track to graduate high school and be college and career ready, and help inform future instruction in the classroom. Along with student work on classroom assignments, projects, essays, and local assessments, state assessment results give teachers and you, the parents, important information about where students are on their path toward academic success. If you choose to exempt your student from the state assessment (permitted in RSA 193-C:6), you must submit an exemption form to the school the student attends. Please contact your school’s principal to receive a copy of the exemption form. If you choose to exempt your student from the assessment, no scores or summary of individual student performance, based on the statewide assessment, will be provided to you or your student.
Student results for the NH SAS are generally available immediately upon the student completing the test. Parents will now be able to view NH SAS student results through the Family Portal. Parents can access the Family Portal by visiting New Hampshire’s assessment portal at: Family Portal. Codes for the portal can be found in PowerSchool, directions for accessing the codes will be sent out closer to testing. Upon request, the local school will send a printed copy of the student’s Individual Score Report (ISR) home before the end of the school year.
School Day SAT results will be available to students in early May. Students may retrieve their results through their personal SAT account. Schools will not send home SAT score reports, they come directly from the College Board.
Students who have the most significant cognitive disabilities are eligible to take the Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Assessment, as designed in their active individualized education program (IEP). DLM scores will be released to districts in early July. Schools will then send home to each family the Individual Score Report for each student who took the DLM assessment as soon as possible upon receiving the results.
If you have any questions related to this assessment administration, you may contact your child’s building principal or the Assistant Superintendent. Thank you for supporting your child and encouraging them to do their best during this assessment administration.
Sincerely,
Jill Pinard, Principal, James Faulkner Elementary School
Matthew Colby, Principal, Henniker Community School
Jess Potter, Principal, Center Woods Elementary School
Jon Barry, Principal, Weare Middle School
Gary Dempsey, Principal, John Stark Regional High School
Natasha Kolehmainen, Assistant Superintendent, SAU24