In this blog I am looking at the Wisconsin Student Assessment System as a whole. As a way for students to demonstrate their progress towards the standards in English laguage arts, mathematics, science,and social studies is through the Wisconsin Student Assessment System, WSAS for short. WSAS currently consists of two tests; the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinination, the WKCE and the Wisconsin Alternative Assessment for Students with Disabilities, the WAA-SwD.
As of the 2005-2006 school year the NCLB act required all students to be tested in math and reading in grades 3-8 and again in 10th grade. WKCE scores are used as one of several criteria for advancing students from 4th to 5th grade and 8th to 9th grade. The other factors looked at are academic performance, teacher recommendations based on academic perfomance, and any other criteria chosen by the local school board.
references: http://www.dpi.wi.gov/oea/wkce.html
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