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Download full textWashington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 2000
This guide in English and Spanish is designed to answer questions parents may have about the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL), including how it will help improve their children's education, how it is scored, and how to use the information it provides. In Washington, clear educational goals for subject content, thinking skills, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Guides, Parent Participation, Parents
Joireman, Jeff; Abbott, Martin L. – 2001
This report examines the overlap between student test results on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). The two tests were compared and contrasted in terms of content and measurement philosophy, and analyses studied the statistical relationship between the ITBS and the WASL. The ITBS assesses…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics
MacQuarrie, Duncan – 2003
This study was designed to contribute to the validity evidence for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) by providing additional descriptive data about the performance standards in reading and mathematics at grades 4, 7, and 10. After the realignment of norm-referenced tests, large numbers of students taking the WASL had…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cutting Scores, Mathematics, Norm Referenced Tests
