NSCAS Overview
The Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS), pronounced “en-skass,” is a new statewide assessment system that embodies Nebraska’s holistic view of students and helps them prepare for success in postsecondary education, career, and civic life. It uses multiple measures throughout the year to provide educators and decision makers at all levels with the insights they need to support student learning.
NSCAS Summative Assessment Administration for 2018-2019
NSCAS General Summative Assessments
NSCAS-English Language Arts
- Grades 3-8
NSCAS-Mathematics
- Grade 3-8
NSCAS-Science
- Grades 5 & 8
NSCAS ACT
- High School*
NSCAS Alternate Summative Assessments
NSCAS-AA-English Language Arts
- Grades 3-8
NSCAS-AA-Mathematics
- Grade 3-8, High School*
NSCAS-AA-Science
- Grades 5 & 8, High School*
ELPA21
- K-12 English Learners
*Note: In 2018-2019 school year students who are in their third year of cohort at the high school level will participate in the college entrance exam-the ACT, or in the NSCAS- Alternate Assessments
NSCAS Documents
NSCAS Summative & Alternate Accessibility Manual – Posted 12.4.18
– Accessibility Tools 1-3 short form
*Accommodations list included
School Age Instruction for Students with Disabilities
(Includes Alternate Standards Documents)
School Age Statewide Assessment Tests for Students with Disabilities
(Includes Alternate Assessment Information)
NSCAS General Summative Schedule Guidance – 11.20.18
Administrators’ Days 2018 – 7.25.18
2018-2019 NSCAS FAQs (Posted 12.20.18)
NSCAS 2018-2019 Key Messages (Posted 12.20.18)
2018 NSCAS Reporting Key Messages (Posted 12.20.18)
NSCAS District Tip Sheet – Updated 12.19.18
NSCAS Summative Tip Sheet – Updated 12.19.18
NSCAS Map Growth Tip Sheet – Updated 12.19.18
NSCAS PowerPoint – For Educators – Updated 12.19.18
NSCAS PowerPoint – For Parents – Updated 12.19.18
NSCAS ISR 2018 Parent Letter – (Posted 11.5.18)
NSCAS ISR 2018 Parent Letter – No Date – (Posted 11.9.18)
NSCAS Legislative Policy Brief
2016 RFP
Attachment A–RFP NDE.GA.ASMT.2016, 86 pages
Attachment B consists of the following portions of the DRC bid proposal
The signed RFP bidder form (first page of the RFP), 1 page
Completed Bidder Contract Sheet (page 75 of the RFP), 1 page
Initialed Part III Terms and Conditions (pages 10 through 28 of the RFP), 18 pages
Section 4 (Technical Approach) of the DRC technical proposal dated February 1, 2017, 286 pages
Memo for NeSA ELA Peer Review Support, dated April 28, 2017, 2 pages
Memo for Development of Mathematics Achievement Level Descriptors, dated August 8, 2017, 6 pages
Memo for Development of Science Indicators, dated September 21, 2017, 2 pages
Attachment C Statement of Work-Nebraska Alternate Assessment