DD's teachers said they used the scores from the state testing last spring (along with other testing data they had) to ability-group the kids for math/reading. So it happens but I doubt every teacher/school does this. The teachers seem to use the computerized testing done for the district more often...at least to identify the low-performing kids because those kids are eligible for special pull-out services, and figure out which kids are high-ability so they can proceed to ignore them.
This testing is done 2-3 times per year and is not required by the State.
I don't know how your state operates, but the scores weren't even available or released for 5 months. I still don't have any specifics, although I see some numbers posted online in DD's records now.
