PLACEMENT TEST STANDARDS
Kindergarten (4-5 year olds)
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Must be able to safely use scissors and zip up their own coat.
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Must hold and use a pencil correctly.
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Must be able to write their own name, recognize a minimum of fifteen letters of the English alphabet, and count with 1 to 1 correspondence to 10 (counting out ten objects from a group).
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Must be at least five years old by December 31st of the school year.
Grade 1 (5-6 year olds)
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Must be able to write, name, and the sounds of the entire alphabet.
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Must be able to read Dolche sight word list number 5 and independently read level 2 readers.
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Must be able to add numbers with a sum up to twenty, and subtract numbers with a minuend up to twenty (no borrowing).
Grade 2 (6-7 year olds)
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Must fluently read & comprehend “Frog & Toad Are Friends”.
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Must be able to neatly print alphabet (upper & lower case).
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Must be able to identify a complete sentence.
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Must quickly add and subtract 1 and 2 digit math problems.
Grade 3 (7-8 year olds)
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Must fluently read “Madeline” by Ludwig Bemelmans.
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Must add / subtract problems with borrowing and carrying.
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Must be able to perform basic multiplication and division problems.
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Must be able to recognize basic fractions.
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Must correctly read a clock and count money.
Grade 4 (8-9 year olds)
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Must fluently read “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” by Richard & Florence Atwater.
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Must be able to correctly identify a sentence according to the following: noun, adjective, & verb.
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Must answer questions in complete sentences.
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Must be able to write neatly in print.
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Must understand place value to one thousand.
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Must be able to multiply one digit by three digit numbers, and divide one digit into three digit numbers.
Grade 5 (9-10 year olds)
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Must fluently read & summarize “Stuart Little” by E.B. White.
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Must know and understand the eight parts of speech with simple and complete subjects and predicates.
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Must master Grade 4 math concepts.
Grade 6 (10-11 year olds)
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Must fluently read & summarize “Tuck Everlasting” by Natalie Babbitt.
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Must be neat in their writing.
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Must be able to label the eight parts of speech with simple and complete subjects and predicates.
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Must master Grade 5 math concepts.
Grades 7 & Beyond
These students are tested on Language Arts and Mathematical understanding and ability. Please call for further details.