Assessment

Fall 2021 Update

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, state-required testing in spring 2021 was postponed. To comply with federal requirements around annual assessment, we will be conducting state-required testing with students in Grades 4-9, 11 and 12 with assessments they regularly would have taken the prior spring. These tests, paired with regular testing that will take place in the spring, will allow the district to meet federal requirements and ensure students are growing in their learning.

Learn About Standardized Testing Assessments

State-required assessments
District-level assessments

State-required assessments

These assessments are required by the state to make schools accountable for student academic performance.

Students in Grades 3-8 and 10 take the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC) in English language arts and mathematics. These tests are aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Students must attempt to pass the assessments given in high school to fulfill state graduation requirements.
Students in Grades 5, 8 and 11 take the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS). These tests are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Students must attempt to pass the assessment given in high school to fulfill state graduation requirements.
Students receiving English learner services must take an annual English language proficiency test adopted from the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA).
All students in Grades K-2 are required to be screened for dyslexia. Kindergarteners are screened in January. First and second graders are screened in the second half of September. The i-Ready Reading program will be used for testing.

District-level assessments

The district conducts additional diagnostic testing of student learning to provide teachers and school leaders with data showing student growth and where instructional adjustments are needed.

Kindergarteners take the Washington Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (WaKIDS) to assess student readiness for kindergarten in math and reading.
First-grade students take the Oral Reading Record (ORR) assessments of our Benchmarks English language arts curriculum in reading in the fall, winter and spring and the i-Ready assessments for math in fall, winter and spring.
Students in Grades 2-8 take the i-Ready assessments for reading and math in the fall and winter. Additional testing in the spring is optional, and given after state testing is completed.

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Toni Vonderhulls
Coordinator
(509) 967-6025
Toni.Vonderhulls@rsd.edu

About i-Ready Assessments

RSD now uses i-Ready assessments to measure student growth and success.

i-Ready is aligned with the Common Core State Standards, is compatible with the district's curricula, and has cost and time requirements similar to previous district assessments. More importantly, the reports i-Ready provides on student performance are more useful and user-friendly data for teachers, parents and students. Additionally, the assessment offers a wider array of resources to help teachers target instruction to help students.

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How Does i-Ready Work?

First students will take a test called a diagnostic that adapts to find the domains that students are struggling with. This test will feel really hard, because the questions in each area will get harder until the student doesn't know the answer. This way the program will understand what students do and do not know.

i-Ready will then give your student personalized lessons and games to help fill in any gaps and support teacher instruction.

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