NSCAS Math Practice
Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System. NSCAS is built on standards derived from Common Core. Briveli's CC-aligned curriculum covers the same skills.
Spring (March-April)
Computer-adaptive
No calculator allowed in grades 3-5. Grades 6-8 allow an online calculator on calculator-permitted items embedded in the testing platform.
Four performance levels: Developing, On Track, NeSA Proficient, Above Proficient
About the NSCAS
Nebraska famously did not adopt the Common Core; the state instead writes and revises its own Nebraska College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics, last revised in 2022. While the standards use Nebraska-specific labels and sequencing, the underlying content overlaps substantially with CCSS-M, especially in K-8 number, operations, and algebraic thinking. Briveli treats Nebraska as common-core-derived for alignment purposes while preserving Nebraska-specific terminology in reporting category names so families recognize the strand labels on NSCAS score reports.
NSCAS-Growth is a computer-adaptive math assessment delivered through NWEA in partnership with the Nebraska Department of Education. Students take the spring summative once a year in grades 3 through 8, and many districts also use NWEA MAP Growth as interim measures. Item types include multiple choice, multi-select, drag-and-drop, and short constructed response. Score reports place students in four levels with NeSA Proficient as the ESSA bar, and include strand-level performance so teachers can see which Nebraska standards strands need reteaching.
Official source: https://www.education.ne.gov/assessment/
Practice by Grade
NSCAS FAQ
Did Nebraska ever adopt the Common Core?+
No. Nebraska is one of the few states that never adopted CCSS. NSCAS is built to the Nebraska College and Career Ready Standards, which overlap substantially with CCSS-M in K-8 content.
Is NSCAS the same as NWEA MAP Growth?+
They are related but not the same. NSCAS-Growth is the state summative built by NWEA for Nebraska, while MAP Growth is NWEA's interim assessment many Nebraska districts use during the school year.
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