Annual Washington State School Report Cards
Throughout the year, teachers use a variety of formal and informal assessment tools to monitor student progress and plan for instruction. Most often, the day to day monitoring of student progress within the classroom setting is the primary form of information gathering. However, teachers also use a range of more formal assessment tools to measure and assess progress. If you have questions about any of these tools, please contact Principal Amii Pratt or Counselor Susan Constan.Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA)
DRA2 - Developmental Reading Assessment
This formal assessment in administered to 1st-4th grade students individually by their teacher in the fall and spring. Kindergarten students take a shorter version of the assessment in the spring. This individual assessment can be given more often through the year if the teacher is in need of further information regarding the development of reading skills. This assessment assesses the ability of the student to read and comprehend information. As students progress in reading skills, this assessment requires students to write about their comprehension making this an assessment of both reading and writing skills.
All district students in grades 1-8 take a Fastbridge computer adaptive reading (aReading) test and a computer adaptive math (aMath) test three times a year. You can find more information about Fastbridge at https://www.bisd303.org/Page/11232