​​​​​Washington State Required Testing Overview

• SBA:  Smarter Balanced Assessments

  • Required Washington state end-of-year assessment to measure student achievement and growth in English language arts/literacy and mathematics

  • ELA and Math for Grades 3 through 8 & 10

    • ELA Smarter Balanced Assessment Resources Choice Board

• WCAS:  Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science

  • Required Washington state end-of-year assessment to measure student achievement and growth in science

  • Science in Grades 5, 8 & 11

• WaKIDS

  • All Kindergarten students are assessed in six areas of development and learning: social-emotional, physical, language, cognitive development, literacy, and mathematics.

  • Administered the months of September and October

• WA-AIM

  • ELA, math, and science alternate assessments for students with significant cognitive challenges documented in their Individualized Education Program (IEP).

• WIDA

  • Tests given to all students in grades K–12 who qualify for English language development services to determine which students remain eligible to continue receiving English language development services.

• OSPI-Developed Assessments (formerly CBAs) and OSPI-Developed Performance Assessments (formerly CBPAs)

  • The state develops classroom-based assessments for the Arts, Educational Technology, Health and Physical Education, and Social Studies based on the state's learning standards to help guide day-to-day instruction. 

• Assessment Viewing Application  (AVA)

• Allows test administrators to view interim assessments 

  • The Centralized Reporting System (CRS) has replaced the Smarter Reporting System (SRS).

    • CRS Quick Guide

    • CRS User Guide (24/25)

    • CRS Training Module

  • Teacher Assessment Scoring Center (TASC) is now integrated within CRS.

Tools for Teachers

• Tools for Teachers contains classroom activities, lessons, and professional development resources to help enhance instruction and support learning by helping educators implement the formative assessment process in their classrooms. 

• Interim Connections Playlists

• WCAP Portal

• Washington State Smarter Balanced Site

• Directions for accessing the Practice and Training Tests

• Practice and Training Test Guidance

  • Math Training Test Activities

• Smarter Balanced Practice Test Resources 

  • Sample Test Questions and Items

  • Sample Test Items

• Interim Assessment Item Portal Quick Guide

Interim Assessments for ELA, Math, and Science

• Interim Assessments for Math and ELA Overview (24/25)
• Interim Assessment Blueprints (24/25)
• WCAS (Science) Training Test
• Interim Test Administration Manual and TA Script of Student Directions (24/25)
• Test Administrator Interface User Guide (24/25)
• Grades 3 - 6 ELA Resources
• Tool Button Tip Sheet

Assessment Portal

• Washington Comprehensive Assessment Portal (WCAP)   

• TIDE Quick Guide (24/25)

• Navigating the New WCAP Portal 

• Washington State Smarter Balanced Site

• Blueprints for Summative Assessment

  • ELA 

  • Math

Test Administrator Certification

• Scroll down to All Systems Used... and look for the Test Administrator Certification tile.

Accommodations Training and Information

• • OHPS Support and Accommodations Training Presentation   (22/23)

  • Entering Supports/Accommodations in TIDE

  • Guidelines on Tools, Supports, and Accommodations (24/25)

  • Demonstration Videos

  • Universal Tools for All Students (24/25)

  • Designated Supports (24/25)

    • OHPS Process for assigning Designated Supports

    • OHPS Designated Supports Form

  • Accommodations for Students receiving Special Services (24/25)               

  • Multiplication Table for students with this accommodation

  • Hundreds Table for students with this accommodation

Test Administrator Resources

• Test Administrator User Guide (24/25)

  • Starting and Monitoring a Test Session

  • Student access to the Secure Browser

  • How Students Sign in and Complete Tests

• Washington Comprehensive Assessment Program Interpretive Guide

• Test Administration Manual (24/25)

• TA Script of Student Test Directions

  • SBA (24/25), WCAS (24/25)

  • Translated Student Directions (Designated Support)

    • SBA: Spanish, Tagalog

    • WCAS: Spanish, Tagalog

• Calculator and Electronic Device Policy

• Periodic Table 

WaKIDS Gold

Kindergarten teachers observe children during everyday classroom activities. This helps teachers find out what each child knows and can do at the beginning of the school year. Knowing more about children’s entering skills and strengths helps teachers and parents work together to support student growth in the kindergarten year.  Teachers take an inventory of each child's developing skills in six areas:  Social-emotional, Physical, Cognitive, Language, Literacy, and Mathematics.  

• Objectives and Dimensions Assessed in WaKIDS

OSPI-Developed Assessments (formerly Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs))

Required assessments at the elementary, middle, and high school level chosen by the district to ensure that students are given the opportunity to learn the state learning standards in social studies, the arts, and health and fitness.  

• Social Studies
• The Arts (Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts)
• Health and Physical Education

i-Ready provides valid, reliable, actionable data in a brief testing time via computer-adaptive online assessments. Students in grades 1 through 8 are tested in reading and math three times a year in the fall, winter, and spring. Kindergarten students begin using i-Ready in the winter.

• i-Ready Dashboard

• Getting Ready for the Diagnostic: Grades 1-2

• Getting Ready for the Diagnostic: Grades 3-4

Trainings

• Navigating the Even Better i-Ready as a Teacher

• i-Ready Success Guide for Teachers

• Additional resources at i-Ready Central