State Mandated Testing
The Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS): Colorado's standards-based state summative assessment system is designed to provide a picture of student performance to schools, districts, educators, parents and the community.
The purpose of the assessments is to indicate the degree to which students have mastered the Colorado Academic Standards (CAS) in mathematics, English language arts/literacy, science and social studies at the end of the tested grade level or content area. CMAS results provide one measure of a student's academic progress relative to the CAS.
For more information on CMAS, visit the Colorado Department of Education. For answers to frequently asked questions, visit the State Testing FAQ's page.
SCE CMAS Schedule
- SCE CMAS 2025-2026 Schedule. Please remember that this schedule is subject to change.
Make ups
If a student misses a testing day, make-ups will be available. More details will be added as we get closer to Spring.
Opting out
If you would like to opt out your student out of 1 or more of the CMAS tests, please log into your parent account, go the the EnGaged platform and select "CMAS Opt Out".
Forms and Documents
- DCSD Board Policy IK: State Mandated Assessments
- SCE HB15-1323 (Updated September 2025)
- 25-26 District Assessment Dates
- State Assessment Excusal Form Walkthrough Parent/Guardian - Please remember that when you log into the EnGaged platform your username needs to be entered like this: username@p.dcsdk12.org a
nd the password is the same as the parent portal. - 25-26 SCE CMAS Schedule
Please contact SCE's School Assessment Coordinator, Jennifer Anton, at janton1@dcsdk12.org, for any CMAS questions.
Questions?
Contact our School Assessment Coordinator.