Your Child's Graded WASL

Are you interested in looking at your child's graded 4th grade WASL? As parents/guardians, you are allowed to see the graded test if you like.

4th grade WASL results cannot be appealed even if you find an error in how the test was graded. But you can ask to see the test and it will be brought out of the State archives to Seattle School District headquarters (4th Ave. S. and S. Lander St.). You must view the test at District headquarters. You cannot have a copy of the test, and you can't take any notes about the test (no cell phones allowed either). A District employee must accompany you during the viewing.

The rules are strict because they will most likely use the same test questions again, and they don't want them getting out.

Currently, the 4th grade test cannot be appealed, but some parent activists would like to see that changed. In Seattle, 4th grade WASL scores are used to determine which children gain entrance into middle school advanced learning classes, so the scores can be important.

Click this link for more information about viewing your child's WASL:

http://www.k12.wa.us/resources/pubdocs/2007/Reviewingtestbookletfilingappeal.pdf

And this link for the form to fill out to ask the Seattle School District to get the test out of the archives for you:

http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/TestAdministration/pubdocs/ViewWASLSpring2007Form_8.31.2007.pdf