1.4 Assessment Overview (RISE Online Academy 25-26)

Your student’s participation in New Mexico's statewide assessments helps to ensure that all learners have access to a high-quality education. Statewide testing provides valuable information that helps improve instruction, allocate resources, and support student success.

For more information about New Mexico's assessment and testing process, please visit the New Mexico Public Education Department's Assessments landing page.

Take a look at the table below for an overview of New Mexico's assessments and which grades they affect.

Assessment name	Which grades are eligible to take this assessment?	What is this assessment?	When is this assessment administered?	Virtual or in-person?
iMSSA	Grades 3-8	The Interim Measures of Student Success and Achievement (iMSSA) help to track student's growth in Reading, Writing & Language Usage, and Math.	Administered three times a year: Aug. 4 - Sept. 26 Nov. 10-Jan 9 March 30-May 22	Virtual
MSSA	Grades 3-8	The New Mexico Measures of Student Success and Achievement is New Mexico’s statewide summative assessment for mathematics and English language arts, administered at the end of Grades 3-8.	April 13-24	In-Person
Amira ISIP For first graders, this includes a dyslexia screener.	Grades K-2	Amira ISIP provides precise reading diagnostics through productive oral tasks like letter sounding and decoding pseudo-words.	Administered three times a year: Sept. 1-Sept. 30 Jan. 5-30 May 4-29	Virtual
Parent Survey (CHEQ)	Kindergarten	The CHEQ is a survey completed by parents and caregivers early in the kindergarten school year.	Aug. 8-Nov. 28	Virtual
Exact Path Diagnostics	Grades K-8	Exact Path’s reading, language arts, and math diagnostic assessments capture a benchmark profile of a student's individual strengths and needs and provide a valid measure of growth.	Administered twice per year: August 10-31 (or within first two weeks of a student's enrollment) March 1-31	Virtual
ASR	Grades 5 and 8	The New Mexico Assessment of Science Readiness is given annually to New Mexico students in grades 5 and 8.	April 6-10	In-Person