tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post5959391433389835273..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: NCLB; What Is Happening and Should It Be Overhauled?Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-54901713094768332722007-10-20T17:18:00.000-07:002007-10-20T17:18:00.000-07:00http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/TestAdministration...http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/TestAdministration/pubdocs/ViewWASLSpring2007Form_8.31.2007.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-21347035949480011242007-10-20T13:16:00.000-07:002007-10-20T13:16:00.000-07:00With the score comes instructions for requesting a...With the score comes instructions for requesting a view of the actual test and answers.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-52457154941544463822007-10-19T19:06:00.000-07:002007-10-19T19:06:00.000-07:00I want to see the actual test and the responses, a...I want to see the actual test and the responses, and how it was graded... not just the score.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-20475992810471647712007-10-18T23:31:00.000-07:002007-10-18T23:31:00.000-07:00I got my child's (4th grade) WASL scores about a m...I got my child's (4th grade) WASL scores about a month ago - she's in 5th grade now - along with a (form)letter from the governor congratulating her on passing. Is this not the case for everyone? Why would some people get their kids' scores and not others?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-35004763780868547422007-10-18T01:03:00.000-07:002007-10-18T01:03:00.000-07:00How DO you get to see your child's WASL? What is ...How DO you get to see your child's WASL? What is the process? Does the child need to have failed? What if your native language isn't English?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-29360907564864859822007-10-17T17:12:00.000-07:002007-10-17T17:12:00.000-07:00The WASL is badly broken. They don't want to rele...The WASL is badly broken. They don't want to release too much specific information, because that would demonstrate just how broken it really is, and raise pressure to change the system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-15596619696088102582007-10-17T07:35:00.000-07:002007-10-17T07:35:00.000-07:00Maybe a teacher can help me out here but as I reca...<I>Maybe a teacher can help me out here but as I recall Washington state teachers can't see their students' WASL tests when the scores come out. I find this hard to understand. Teachers need feedback</I><BR/><BR/>I agree.<BR/>Not only can't the teachers see where the sticky points are, but parents have to make an appt to see the test AND can't take notes or make copies when they do so.<BR/><BR/>For a parent whose child received ONES( in math) taking the WASL for 4th- 7th & 10th grade- this is not helpful in the least.<BR/>( 7th grade she received 2s in reading and writing- 1s in math- in 9th grade she changed schools and received 4s in reading and writing- G-J is on the right track to expect all schools including alternative schools to have high expectations for all students and to provide them with the tools to achieve- in her alternative school it wasn't the students who didn't take the WASL seriously, it was the teachers- In high school, the teachers don't accept excuses, not from the students and not from themselves)<BR/><BR/>However- she advanced four years in math, from beginning of 9th grade to the beginning of 11th, with hard work and determination from herself and her teachers and passed the Math WASL when she retook it.<BR/><BR/>If we want to educate our students & we are using the WASL to determine if they have reached the level we have set- it hurts them if we can't individualize our curriculum where they need help.<BR/><BR/>What purpose does it serve for it to be a secret?<BR/>I find it ironic, that the company that scores the SAT ( and who releases the completed tests to students) also scores the WASL.<BR/>On the SAT you are expected to have a calculator and to go over your essay- not so on the WASL<BR/>Why the difference in expectations?Jet City momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14804841958585043967noreply@blogger.com