CMAS Resources

The Official CMAS Test Window is April 7-April 25, 2025.

2024-2025 SAL Resources Folder

SAL Accommodations Training Schedule

SAL Ethics and Administration Schedule

Opt Out Policy

Parents/guardians can opt students out of CMAS in the DPS Parent Portal through February. After February, families can request an opt out form from their student's school. Once the form is signed, the school enters the excusal into Infinite Campus. The "Assessment Participation Exemption Request" report in Principal Portal (under Operations) shows all official opt outs/parent excusals.  

Helpful Links

CMAS Portal

PearsonAccessNext Testing Site | Training Site

For technology questions, please visit the Technology Resource page: Technology Setup.

DoTS Support

DoTS provides training for technology representatives in February. 

Contact the DoTS Service Desk at 720-423-3888 or dotshelp@dpsk12.org for

• Device Support
• Device Setup questions
• Network Support

Refer to the Accommodations folder within the SAL Resources Google folder.

Score Resources

Individual Student Reports -including Growth Reports- are available in the Student and Parent Portals. Paper copies of Score Reports are sent to the "tested" school at the beginning of the school year. Distribution instructions can be found in the Score Reports folder (CMAS SAL Resources subfolder). 

Teachers can view CMAS results in Infinite Campus (Assessment tab) and in Illuminate. Administrators can view CMAS results in the Principal Portal and designated SALs can view CMAS results in PearsonAccessNext. 

CMAS is the only assessment given to all Colorado students in grades 3-8 and 11.  It measures what students should know and be able to do at the end of each grade in Math, Literacy, Social Studies and Science.  Results show if a student is performing at grade level, if they are on track for the next grade and how their results compare to their peers at school and across the district and the state.

Elementary and Middle School Students

Each spring, CMAS is given to elementary and middle school students in the following grades and subjects:

• English Language Arts/ELA (Grades 3-8)
• Spanish Language Arts/CSLA (Grades 3-4)
  • Qualifying multilingual learners take CSLA in place of ELA.
• Mathematics (Grades 3-8)
• Social Studies (Grades 4 and 7 at select schools)
• Science (Grade 5 and 8)

High School Students

Each spring, a CMAS Science test is given to Grade 11 students.  

CMAS is primarily an online test, administered in April. Each school's specific schedule will vary.

CSLA is a paper test, not available online. All other tests are offered both online and on paper.  Paper can be assigned on a student-by-student basis. To test groups of students on paper, the school must complete a Paper Waiver.

CMAS is based on the Colorado Academic Standards, which students learn throughout the school year. Students practice resources can be found here. 

For additional information, please visit the CoAlt and DLM page.

Individual student performance reports are uploaded to Portals in July. Score reports and distribution instructions are sent to designated Site Assessment Leaders/SALs at the beginning of the school year. These reports must be distributed to families as soon as possible and by mid-October at the latest.