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The Role of Assessment Data
Assessment data is a powerful tool, one of many used in schools, that can be used for a variety of functions. In general, how students perform on tests is one measure of what they know and can do, but not all assessments serve the same purpose. Diagnostics and screeners are used to obtain a baseline understanding of student strengths and abilities so instruction and interventions can be appropriately tailored. Progress monitoring or benchmark assessments are used to determine growth trajectories and whether or not students are on-track to meet their goals. Summative assessments help provide insight into student learning after a year of instruction to determine how practices and systems are functioning to equitably support student learning. State assessments are required to measure how educational systems are performing on a variety of student success indicators. District assessments are intentionally selected to monitor instructional and academic skills that the Kent School District believes all students should learn to be successful.
We encourage data, meaning that student outcomes greatly depend on access to high-quality instruction in and out of the classroom, as well as their social-emotional needs, broader environment, and relationships with school staff and peers. Our team works to ensure that assessment data are reliable and aligned to instruction your child accesses in the classroom. We encourage teachers, staff, and families to consider assessment data along with other markers of student learning (e.g., coursework and performance tasks), social-emotional needs, social-environmental impacts (e.g., COVID-19 disruptions), and student voice.
Accessing Scores
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Family Access to Student Scores
Skyward
Student test scores from district and state tests are added to Skyward after finalized scores are received by the ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵapp Assessment team. Parents and guardians can access student test results by visiting the Test Scores tab in Skyward Family Access.
Visit the??for directions on using Skyward Family Access. Use this??to log into Skyward Family Access directly. If you need Skyward login information, please contact your school.?
These are the following test codes to look out for in Skyward:
District tests: i-Ready and World Language Testing for high school students- iRead: i-Ready Diagnostic Test
- DIBLS: DIBELS 8th Edition Dyslexia Screener
- ALTA: Alta language testing
- STAMP: Avant STAMP (STAndards-based Measurement of Proficiency) language testing
- WLCST: World Language Custom Test
- WrdSp: Avant STAMP WS (formerly WorldSpeak)
State tests: SBA ELA and Math, Science, and the WIDA English language proficiency assessment- WCAPH: WA Comprehensive Assessment Program High School test code – ELA and Math SBA and WA-AIM
- WCASH: WA Comprehensive Assessment of Science High School test code –Science WCAS And WA-AIM
- WCAP: WA Comprehensive Assessment Program G3 - 8 test code – ELA and Math SBA and WA-AIM
- WCAS: WA Comprehensive Assessment of Science G5 or G8 test code –Science WCAS and WA- AIM
- WIDA: WIDA Access Annual
What am I looking at?
i-Ready scores consist of a numerical scale score and a placement level.?The placement level identifies the grade-level the instruction your student can likely do and what they might benefit from learning next.?
The DIBELS composite score is?a measure of your student's early literacy skills and/or reading proficiency.??The composite score describes your student's early literacy skills in comparison to their grade level standards. Consider reaching out to your student's teacher if you have questions about the sub-scores and performance levels.
State test scores for SBA and WCAS?consist of a numerical score and a level. There are four test levels possible.?Students performing at Levels 3 and 4 are considered on-track to demonstrating the knowledge and skills necessary for college and career readiness.?
Test scores can mean a variety of things. For more information about what these test scores mean or how you can support your learner at home:
- Visit the??to learn more about i-Ready. provides information specific to interpreting your child's diagnostic results.
- Visit to reinforce and practice important reading skills at home. This printout explains your child's DIBELS composite score in detail.
- Visit the ?for information about the SBA, to access additional context about your student's score (see the sample family score report), and to view practice or sample test items.
Conversations with teachers
We always encourage families and teachers to have a conversation about how your student is doing. Test scores convey one piece of the puzzle, but is in no way a comprehensive metric of achievement on its own. Parent-teacher conferences are one opportunity to have this conversation, but this is by no means the only opportunity.
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Community Access??
Parents, guardians, educators, families, community members, and students are invited to learn more about how the k-12 schools in Washington are doing and how ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵapp compares. Our displays information about the number of students attending ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵapp, how many schools and academies are in service, who our students and staff are, and what some of the academic metrics look like.The Washington State Report card also allows viewers to learn about school or district performance across multiple student indicators such as assessment proficiency , graduation rates, student growth, discipline, enrollment, and spending. Also available on the Report Card dashboard:
- Attendance
- Ninth grade on-track rates
- Dual credit completion
- Exclusionary discipline
- Teacher demographics, experience, qualification, and class sizes
- Expenditure by program activity
- Healthy Youth Survey results
For more ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵapp facts, visit the page or the . From the ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵapp Report Card page, you can select your school of interest from the "All Schools" drop-down menu. If you are not familiar with the Report Card or looking at data dashboards, you can find a link to the at the bottom of the screen.