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WASL
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WASL: A Brief History
The Washington State Legislature adopted the Education
Reform Act in 1993 to establish common learning goals for all
Washington students. This Act directed the Commission on Student
Learning to develop:
- Clear,
challenging academic standards
- Standards
based assessments to measure student achievement
- An accountability system to hold schools/districts
accountable for results was born our state's Basic Education
Goals and the test - the Washington Assessment of Student Learning
(WASL) - to measure student achievement toward these goals.
The Basic Education Goals are:
1. Read with comprehension, write with skill,
and communicate effectively and responsibly in a variety of ways
and settings.
2. Know and apply the core concepts and principles
of mathematics; social, physical, and life sciences; civics and
history; geography; arts; and health and fitness.
3. Think analytically, logically, and creatively,
and to integrate experience and knowledge to form reasoned judgments
and solve problems.
4. Understand the importance of work and how performance,
effort, and decisions directly affect future career and educational
opportunities.
The WASL currently is comprised of a series of
criterion-reference tests in reading, writing, and
mathematics at grade 4, 7, and 10. and science tests
in grades 5, 8 and 10.
These standards based assessments incorporate three item types:
selected response (multiple choice); short constructed response(short
answer);
and extended constructed response(essay).
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ITBS Results
(3rd & 6th Grade)
ITED Results (9th Grade)
ITBS &
ITED
The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) at grades three and six,
and the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) at grade
nine, comprise the norm-referenced component of the statewide
testing program. These measures assure that the state collects
achievement information about the basic skills that provide the
foundation for the application and problem-solving skills found
in the EALRs. The state level National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) tests in reading, writing, mathematics, and science
provide an important source of independent evidence for the validity
of the WASL assessments while providing policymakers comparisons
between Washington achievement and that of the nation and most
other states.
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SAT
Results
SAT
The SAT measures a student's verbal reasoning, critical reading,
and math problem solving skills. Many colleges require an SAT
score for admission. An average total score (verbal + math) is
1000 with a score of 1600 being the highest possible.
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