Eighth graders meeting reading and math standards, by program (SBA) in Washington
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Definitions:
The percentage of eighth graders meeting or exceeding the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) English language arts and math test standards for the school year, disaggregated by program.
The Smarter Balanced Assessment replaced the MSP for English language arts and math grades 3-8 starting with the 2014-2015 school year.
Data Source:
Data for this measure come from the Washington State Office of
Superintendant of Public Instruction (OSPI). Data were retrieved on
March 21, 2016 from the datafiles "SBA Scores by State" and "SBA Scores by Subgroup" (http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/DataDownload.aspx) and the Washington State Report Card (http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/summary.aspx?groupLevel=District&schoolId=1&reportLevel=State&year=2014-15&yrs=2014-15).
Additional data on test scores can be found through The Washington State Education and Research Data Center (ERDC) http://www.erdc.wa.gov/ and the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) http://www.k12.wa.us/DataAdmin/default.aspx.
Footnotes:
Data last updated in March 2016 by Washington KIDS COUNT.
The Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) was the state
assessment test from 1997 until 2009. The WASL was replaced by the
Measurement for Student Progress (MSP) and the High School Proficiency
Exam (HSPE) during the 2009-10 school year. The MSP was replaced the the
Smarter Balanced Assessment starting with the 2014-15 school year. The
SBA is used to test grade 3-8 in English language arts and math. The MSP
is still used for science in grades 5 and 8.
The methodologies between the exams are different and therefore historical comparisons between them are not recommended.
To learn more about state assessments in Washington state, see the OSPI website here: http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/.