Memoranda

Early Years Literacy Assessment Benchmark, Screening and Progress Monitoring Reminders

August 4, 2026

Accessing Spring 2026 Title I Assessment Individual Student Results

April 24, 2026

2025–26 ESSA Accountability Cycle Requirements and Report Cards

April 24, 2026

School Year 2026–27 Assessment Program Requirements

April 23, 2026

Cohort 2025 Graduation Rates

February 27, 2026

SY2024–25 State and Local Educational Agency (LEA) Report Cards Release

January 15, 2026

2025 Graduation Cohort Data Validation

November 3, 2025

2024–25 ESSA Accountability Model School Designations Embargo

October 21, 2025

Spring 2025 Summative Assessment Proficiency and Participation Data

October 14, 2025

Pilot Year: SY 2025–26 Accreditation Status Letters and Office Hours

July 14, 2025

Accessing Spring 2025 Title I Assessment Individual Student Results

May 1, 2025

Cohort 2024 Graduation Rates

April 21, 2025

2025–26SY Assessment and Accountability Program Requirements

April 7, 2025

Revised Accountability Report Card Local Media Publication Guidance

February 12, 2025

2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) State-Level Results Released

January 29, 2025

SY2023–24 State and Local Educational Agency (LEA) Report Cards Release

January 15, 2025

Graduation Manual Memo HB 171

January 10, 2025

Accountability Report Guidance

December 9, 2024

2024 Graduation Cohort Data Validation & Shared Accountability Units (SAU)

November 14, 2024

2023–24 ESSA Accountability Model School Designations Embargo

October 22, 2024

Accessing Spring 2024 Proficiency and Participation Data

September 16, 2024

Implementation of a New Parent/Caregiver Survey for Kindergarten Parents, the Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (CHEQ)

August 15, 2024

SY 2024–25 Assessment & Accountability Program Information

May 23, 2024

2022–23 ESSA Accountability Model Revision

April 29, 2024

Accessing Spring 2024 Title I Assessment Individual Student Results

March 29, 2024

Implementation of the Early Development Instrument – Expectations and Support

March 22, 2024

HB171 Change to Demonstration of Competency Graduation Requirements

March 15, 2024

Implementation of a New Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

February 15, 2024

Public Accountability Schedule of Events & SY 2023-24 Accountability Cycle Validation

February 5, 2024

SY2023 NMVistas State and Local Educational Agency (LEA) Report Card Release

January 16, 2024

Graduation Requirements Revision 11.16.2023

November 20, 2023

Definition of Most Significant Cognitive Disability

August 4, 2023

SY 2023-24 Assessment Program Information

July 27, 2023

Embargoed Individual Student Assessment Results and Interim Assessment Data Submission

March 28, 2023

State Policy for EL Identification and Proficiency Criteria

March 16, 2023

Revised Spring 2022 Assessment Participation Rates Memorandum

December 12, 2022

Cohort 2024 Demonstration of Competency Memorandum

November 29, 2022

Update About Spring 2022 MSSA Assessment Data

August 26, 2022

Spring 2022 MSSA Data Available Soon and 2022-23 Statewide Assessment Programs

August 1, 2022

Archived Memos

Embargoed Title I Assessment Results and Interim Assessment Data Submission

May 20, 2022

Demonstration of Competency Allowances and Testing Requirements Updates

January 31, 2022

Required Use of Interim (Short Cycle) Assessments for the Remainder of the 2021-22 School Year

November 12, 2021

Cohorts 2022 and 2203 Demonstration of Competency and Pandemic Related NonStandard Administration Waiver Request for Interim Assessments and Screeners

August 24, 2021

Accessing Spring 2021 Student Assessment Results

July 15, 2021

2021-22 SY Statewide Assessment Schedule and Program Information

June 22, 2021

Spring 2021 Test Administration Guidance

March 11, 2021

Spring 2021 Testing Window

January 21, 2021

2020-21 New Mexico Statewide Student Assessment Program by Standards, Grade Levels and Total Testing Time

January 18, 2021

Demonstrations of Competency Requirements for Cohorts 2021–2024 Memorandum

August 17, 2020

Assessment and Accountability Waiver SY 2019-2020

April 20, 2020

ESEA Waiver Submission Letter

March 23, 2020

Assessment Program Availability for 2020-21 SY and Demonstrations of Competency Updates

Jan. 31, 2020

2019-20 Math and Language Arts Assessments for Grades 3-8 and 10-11

Nov. 4, 2019

Placement Decisions for Alternate Academic Achievement Assessment

Oct. 22, 2019

Preparing for the Spring 2020 SAT School Day

Oct. 22, 2019

2019-20 Assessment Communication Resources and Start of the Year Support

Sept. 10, 2019

High School Graduation Requirements as a Menu of Options

Sept. 10, 2019

Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Alternate Assessment

Aug. 6, 2019

Istation Training Dates and Locations, Kindergarten Istation Scores

Aug. 6, 2019

Spring 2019 Assessment Results Memorandum

July 23, 2019

Assessment Updates Student Success Task Force Recommendations and Spring 2019 Student Reports

June 5, 2019

Student Success Task Force Membership List

June 5, 2019

Release of 2015 National Indian Education Study (NIES) Additional Analysis

May 14, 2019

Teacher Evaluation System Transition Year

May 2, 2019

Assessment Program Updates and Clarifications

May 1, 2019

Appointment of Student Success Task Force Memorandum

April 9, 2019

Reimagining a New Mexico Summative Assessment System

February 28, 2019

Graduation Requirements, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 School Years, and Rule

6.19.7 NMAC

February 26, 2019

6.19.9 Early Literacy Remediation, Interventions, and Family Engagement

February 26, 2019

Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Updates Memo

Feb. 10, 2019

NM Educational Leaders Memo

Feb. 8, 2019

Transitioning Away from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)

Jan. 10, 2019

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): 2019 School Grades (Transition Reports)

Dec. 31, 2018

2018-19 New Mexico Whole School Survey (ESSA)

Dec. 31, 2018

Statewide Adoption of Precision Exams for Career and Technical Education Courses

Dec. 12, 2018

NM STEM Ready! Science Standards: Assessing Student Outcomes

Oct. 10, 2018

Parent & Family Engagement: Required Distribution of Individual Student Reports (ISRs)

Sept. 10, 2018

K-2 Early Literacy: Istation Performance Levels, 2018-19 and Beyond

July 27, 2018