Bridge Builder Academy

Testing and Assessment

Assessment must match Instruction.

This means two things. First, those tests which assess knowledge after teaching of a new concept should match the concept being taught. It also means that diagnostic and skills tests given as a pre-test to determine where a student is in their learning should be used to develop the curriculum itself based on that student's areas of need.

BBA does both of these things.

One of the tools we can use to assess student skills is the "BRIGANCE® Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills"  For more on this test and how we use it for many of our students or information about other similar diagnostic options, call us today. The price of the screening is only $150 (compared to other diagnostic tests at $300 and up) and is always 100% FREE for students of BBA.

The Brigance Test is... 

Criterion-referenced assessment

Purpose/Objectives

• identify present levels of performance
• connect assessment with instruction
• monitor and report progress for IEPs

Features/Benefits

• grade-placement tests in key skill areas
• pretests and post tests for many skills
• 150+ skills assessments
• reproducible assessments for group administration
• supplemental and related skill sequences to facilitate instructional planning

Standardized assessment

Purpose/Objectives

• identify students' strengths and weaknesses and obtain data to support referrals

Features/Benefits

• identifies children with learning disabilities, giftedness, or other exceptionalities with the diagnostic portion of the battery
• produces grade and age equivalents, percentiles, and quotients in I.D.E.A.-designated achievement areas
• spans grades PK–6 and meets state and federal assessment requirements
• documents student learning for alternate assessment