Third graders meeting or exceeding math standards (SBA) in Washington

Definitions: The percentage of third graders meeting or exceeding the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) math standards. 

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 District" (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/.

County data were created by aggregating district-level results. County totals do not include school districts where fewer than 10 students were tested. 

Definitions: The percentage of third graders meeting or exceeding the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) math standards. 

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 District" (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/.

County data were created by aggregating district-level results. County totals do not include school districts where fewer than 10 students were tested.