Testing Dates

Fall testing for new enrollments must be conducted at the beginning of the school year for accurate results. Please refer to the chart below for dates and deadlines. Testing a new student at the beginning of the school year and again at the end of the year gives school administration insight into the growth achieved during the first year of attendance.

Iowa Assessments are available in two formats:

  • Paper Booklets (Levels K–12)
  • Online Testing (Levels 4–12)

Tests are administered two to three mornings, depending on the level being tested.

2024/2025 Testing Dates

Order Dates for Test Materials Test Dates Deadline to Submit Tests*
Fall Testing – online August 1–September 23 September 1–October 7 October 7 (tests are submitted automatically)
Fall Testing – paper August 1–September 15 September 1–October 7 October 15
Spring Testing – online January 15–April 15 March 15–May 15 May 15 (tests are submitted automatically)
Spring Testing – paper January 15–April 15 March 15–May 15 May 30

*Tests are to be submitted to Riverside Scoring Service.

**Spring Online Testing—All documents must be submitted to A.C.E. before the assessment can be administrated.

  • If you plan to test between March 15–April 4, your documents and Roster must be submitted by March 8.
  • If you plan to test between April 5–April 25, your documents and Roster must be submitted by March 29.
  • If you plan to test between April 26–May 15, your documents and Roster must be submitted by April 18.

Please do not wait to submit your Student Roster. Any minor changes, such as adding or deleting a student, can be done by contacting [email protected] after your master Student Roster is submitted. Your master Student Roster with the bulk of your students must be submitted by one of the deadlines above.

Test levels are numbered to correspond roughly to the chronological ages of the students for whom they are best suited. Each student should be administered the test level based on his actual chronological age at the time of testing.

Use caution to ensure the proper test is ordered and given to each student. Since there is an academic year of learning between fall and spring testing, different tests are administered to the students at the beginning of the year compared to the end of the year in certain grade levels.

Follow the charts below to determine the tests to be administered for both fall and spring testing.

Iowa Complete

Recommended Test Levels by Testing Period
  Grade Level Student Age - Fall Student Age - Spring
Paper 1 6* 7
2 7 8
3 8 9
Paper and Online 4 10 10
5 11 11
6 12 12
7 13 13
8 14 14
9 14 15
10 16 16
11 17/18 17/18
12 17/18 17/18

*The Level 6 Reading test has two parts. Students who have mastered simple sentences will complete Parts 1 and 2; nonreading students will complete only Part 1.

CogAT Form 7

Recommended Test Levels by Testing Period
  Grade Level Student Age - Fall Student Age - Spring
Paper 2 8 8
Paper and Online 5 11 11
8 13/14 13/14