PeninsulaSchool District

Elementary Required Assessments

Grade Level / Assessment / Timeframe
Kindergarten – First Grade / K-3 Reading Portfolio
Assessments given based on developmental level of student
  • Letter ID
  • Letter Sound
  • Phonemic Awareness -Rhyming/Hearing & Producing
-Blending/Segmenting
-Manipulating
  • Sight Words – Fry Word List
  • DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment)
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  • September – Early Screening for kindergarten students (building decision)
  • October/November – District Reporting
  • March - Optional
  • June – District Reporting

2nd Grade / K-3 Reading Portfolio
  • A state requirement at Grade 2 is that all students are tested using an approved assessment (DRA).
  • Teachers follow the DRA guidelines and directions in determining a level for their students.
  • Any student significantly below standard (Level 14) needs a reading plan for improvement.
  • Students who are not yet reading text should be assessed with the phonological assessment and Fry word list as appropriate.
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  • All DRA testing for second graders needs to be completed within the first six weeks of the school year.
  • October/November – District Reporting
  • March – Optional
  • June – District Reporting

3rd Grade / K-3 Reading Portfolio
  • DRA assessments is given to all students
  • Students who are not yet reading text adequately should be assessed with the phonological assessment and Fry Word List as appropriate.
WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning
  • Math (3 sessions)
  • Reading (2 sessions)
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  • October/November – District Reporting
  • March - Optional
  • June – District Reporting
  • April 16-May 4 (2007)

4th Grade / WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning
  • Math (3 sessions)
  • Reading (2 sessions)
  • Writing (2 prompts – Narrative and Expository)
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  • April 16-May 4 (2007)

5th Grade / WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning
  • Math (3 sessions)
  • Reading (2 sessions)
  • Science (3 sessions)
Math Placement Test
  • District/Teacher developed test that assists in determining the math program the student will be assigned at the Middle School
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  • April 16-May 4 (2007)
  • May

In addition to the required yearly assessments listed above, occasionally the district participates in other state or national assessments. For the 2006-7 school year, those assessments are:

HarborHeights and Vaughn – September 26 – October 6 – 5th grade teachers are participating in a Grade 4 Writing Pilot. One benefit of this participation is that the teachers will be given a day of training in the writing assessment and will get student papers returned.

Evergreen Grade 4 – March 1 – NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) NAEP brings in their own people to administer the assessment.