Smarter Balanced Assessments and WCAS Science Testing

State Testing At Whitman Middle School

Students in Grades 6-8 will take the Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBA) or the Washington Access to Instruction and Measurement (WA-AIM) tests in Math and English Language Arts (ELA). Students in Grade 8 will also take the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) or the WA-AIM science assessment. The results from these tests are one of many ways of understanding where students are in their learning, relative to grade-level learning goals in math, English language arts, and science. Most students will take the tests online.                 

Grades 6 – 8 State Testing Schedule

Grade 8

• April 29 – May 1: Grade 8 WCAS Science Testing
  • Special Schedule for Grade 8 Classes

Grades 6 – 8

• ​May 13 – May 16: Grades 6 – 8 SBA Math
  • Testing Regular Schedule in Math classes​
• May 21 & 22: Grades 6 – 8 SBA ELA CAT
  • Testing Regular Schedule in ELA classes
• May 28 – 31: Grades 6 – 8 ELA PT
  • Testing Regular Schedule in ELA classes

Laptops

Students will need their district Laptops and chargers at school every day for testing.

Be sure Laptops are charged each night. The office has some headphones but if students would like to use their own headphones, they can bring them, check that headphones are the type with an auxiliary (round hole) plug. Not Bluetooth.

Questions about State Testing? Please contact Mackenzie Fee; mcfee@seattleschools.org or 206-252-1252.

Resources

• Visit the Smarter Balanced and WCAS website for more information about the tests.
• Practice online with the Smarter Balanced practice, training test or WCAS training portals.
• The WA-AIM is an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards aligned to the Washington State K–12 Learning Standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. Visit the OSPI website for more information about the WA-AIM tests.

Please call or email Mackenzie Fee; mcfee@seattleschools.org or 206-252-1252 if you have questions about State Testing.

Thank you for your continuing support to make sure your student is successful.