DoDEA's Assessment Program

Program Goals

The Mission of DoDEA is "To provide an Exemplary Educational that Inspires and Prepares All DoDEA Students for Success in a Dynamic, Global Environment." One of the best ways of monitoring student progress and helping our students succeed is through standardized tests.

The term, standardized tests, means that these tests are always administered with the same directions and time limits, and are always scored the same way, to ensure fairness for all students.

The Purpose of System Assessments

System Assessments are designed to fairly measure student achievement in different academic subjects. This information is used:

• To help teachers determine the strengths and needs of students in order to work with them to improve their individual academic skills.
  
• To let parents know how their children scored in different academic subjects.
  
• To provide accountability for DoDEA schools.
  
• The testing information is used to help determine how successful DoDEA schools are and includes norm-referenced tests and criterion-referenced tests. Norm-referenced tests provide a comparison of the basic skills of DoDEA students with the achievements of students in non-DoDEA stateside schools. Criterion-referenced tests provide a measure of how well DoDEA students are performing on specific content area standards.

Quick Links:

AdvancED (Our Accreditation Partner)

Customer Satisfaction Survey for Bahrain School (PDF)

Bahrain School Profile 2010 (PDF)

DoDEA Accreditation

DoDEA's Bahrain School Report Card SY10-11(PDF)

DoDEA Community Strategic Plan (CSP)

Terra Nova National Quarters 2011 (PDF)