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RSS Feeds Get the latest information through RSS Feeds. Blog Articles News College & Work Readiness What is RSS? Most Recent Resources Ladies and Gentleman, the Washington Class of 2008 Added: 4 weeks 4 days ago Article April Update Added: 10 weeks 2 days ago Article Creating a College-Going Culture Added: 17 weeks 2 days ago Article Teaching Science Teachers to be Leaders Added: 22 weeks 19 hours ago Article Senate Hearing to Delay Reading as a Requirement for the K-12 Diploma to be Held on Monday Added: 24 weeks 20 hours ago Article Find More Resources >>	WASL The Columbian gets it By maureen on 26 Jun \| 0 comments There’s been a fair amount of grumbling over the past few weeks about whether or not this year’s WASL graduation requirement will hold some students back from walking at graduation. In most cases, graduations throughout the state have occurred without much “no WASL, no walk” fanfare, but I was impressed by a simple editorial in today’s Columbian that summed up the issue nicely. “Deciding who gets to ‘walk’ at a graduation ceremony is difficult, and there’s no way to make everyone happy,” wrote the Columbian. Read more... Topics: WASL \| It’s 13 not 37. By allisonm on 10 Jun \| 0 comments This just annoyed me. The headline for this article in the Wenatchee World reads: WASL stops 37 Wenatchee seniors from graduating. But read a little further and the article goes on to say that of those 37 seniors, 24 wouldn’t have graduated anyway due to lack of credits. That leaves only 13. Well, two can play at this game. Read more... Topics: WASL \| Students \| K-12 Education Reform \| Graduation Rates \| Terry to talk WASL By allisonm on 02 Jun \| 0 comments Since the reading and writing WASL scores were released to schools and districts last week, there have been a number of articles on the subject. Tomorrow, State Sup. Terry Bergeson will provide the state’s perspective on those numbers. Read more... Topics: K-12 Education Reform \| WASL \| Ladies and Gentleman, the Washington Class of 2008 Posted on 02 Jun \| 0 comments Just like the tagline of a cinema epic, the road forged by the class of 2008 has been a groundbreaking one, more than a decade in the making. Topics: WASL \| Teacher Training \| Students \| Standardized Tests \| Math Teachers \| Math Curriculum \| Math \| Type: Article And so it begins… By allisonm on 28 May \| 0 comments Yesterday, schools and districts received their WASL scores – a database, if you will, of students as of May 23 who have passed or not passed the WASL or state-approved alternative. This year, students must meet the reading and writing requirement in order to graduate. Read more... Topics: WASL \| K-12 Education Reform \| Graduation Rates \| Start your engines for the Class of 2008 By maureen on 21 May \| 0 comments I just got back from an OSPI Media Workshop on the Class of 2008’s upcoming assessment results release and for once, my head wasn’t spinning (I know, shocking!). It’s pretty clear that since the Class of 2008 will be the first class required to meet a number of new state mandates that OSPI wants everyone to be adequately informed and able to digest information that’s, um, not always the most straightforward. Read more... Topics: Graduation Rates \| OSPI \| WASL \| Clarifying the role of the WASL By maureen on 05 May \| 0 comments Over the gorgeous weekend, the Washington State PTA staged its annual conference near SeaTac airport. One of the first sessions of the conference was a panel discussion on standards and assessment featuring Joe Willhoft (Assistant State Superintendent for Assessment and Student Information, OSPI), Maureen Ramos (Washington Education Association, Spokane), Pat Steinburg (Special Education Coalition), Thelma Jackson (Washington Alliance of Black School Educators), Lester Krupp (a high school English teacher from Yelm) and David Fisher (former chair of the State Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission). Read more... Topics: Standardized Tests \| WASL \| Students in one school district no longer fear the WASL Posted on 28 Feb KOMO TV View this article >> Topics: K-12 Education Reform \| Students \| WASL \| From Spokane, with Love By maureen on 01 Feb \| 0 comments I just got back from the OSPI January Conference in Spokane and the WASL rumors are true. In Supt. Terry Bergeson’s keynote address, she broke the news that Washington will receive new WASL tests, which include shorter exams for grades three through eight, faster and more comprehensive results and translation into six different languages. Read more... 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