See the memo for this new assessment and how to help your teachers get started with test administration.
DATE: Thursday, August 18, 2022
TO: All School Administrators
FROM: Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning, Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability, Brandee Bergum, Consultant, Secondary Language Arts
SUBJECT: New Reading Assessment Growth Measures Replaces Reading Inventory
Beginning with the 2022-23 school year, Jordan School District will be moving to a new reading assessment called Growth Measure. This new reading test is the replacement for Reading Inventory, which has been discontinued by Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt (HMH). Growth Measure is similar in many ways to Reading Inventory. Growth Measure will take around 30 minutes for students to complete and it will be available to students in grades 4-12. Scores will still be reported as Lexiles. Growth Measure will still be required for 6th graders for reading placement as they transition into 7th grade. Growth Measure will remain optional for grades 4-5 and 7-12.
Growth Measure should be administered to students three times a year:
- Beginning-of-year window: August 17 – October 14
- Middle-of-year window: December 1 – February 15
- End-of-year window: April 3 – June 30
After each testing window HMH will set up meetings with each school's administration to review the school data for the previous testing window. HMH has also set up online office hours to answer any questions about Growth Measure and its reports. Teachers and administrators are invited to attend and ask questions. Here are the office hours with HMH personnel:
- September 2: 8:00-9:00 am
- October 7: 8:00 – 9:00 am
Each school has been assigned an admin account. To login and view scores for your school, administrators will need to follow these steps:
Look for an invitation email sent to school principals:
- Click on this link: https://www.hmhco.com/ui/login
- Enter your school's Username: gmadmin[your school’s number](For example, Aspen's Username is gmadmin179)
- Click Forgot Password to set up your new password
If you need someone else at your school to have an admin account, please contact Kira Jensen in Evaluation, Research & Accountability and let her know who needs access at your school. Grades 4-6 teachers, secondary language arts teachers, and students in grades 4-12 are already rostered and set up with accounts in the assessment management system. Here are the login credentials they will need to use:
Teacher Login Information
- Username: firstname.lastname
- Password: Click on “Forgot Password” to create a new password
Student Login Information
- Username: Student Skyward ID #
- Password: Student Skyward ID #
For more information on the assessment, please visit our Growth Measure page. We will be adding instructional videos and FAQs in the next few weeks. Teachers will need to visit this page for instructions on how to login and how to assign the test to their students.
Please contact Kira Jensen in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions you may have or to arrange a training for your teachers.