State Testing Scale Score Ranges for Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4
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State Testing Scale Score Ranges for Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4

Below are the scale score ranges for all levels on the grades 3-8 Measurements of Student Progress and the High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE). These are the same scale score ranges as the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL), which was replaced as of 2009-10 school year. The scale score ranges include the lowest and highest attainable score on each test (reading, writing, math and science).

Reading Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Grade 3 275-374 375-399 400-425 426-500
4  275-374  375-399 400-423  424-475
5  275-374  375-399  400-421  422-475
6 275-374  375-399  400-424  425-475
7  275-374  375-399  400-417 418-475
8 250-374 375-399 400-418 419-500
HS 225-374 375-399 400-426 427-525

  

Math Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Grade 3  200-374  375-399  400-435  436-575
4  200-374  375-399  400-446  447-575
5  200-374  375-399  400-439  440-575
6  200-374  375-399  400-441  442-575
7  200-374  375-399  400-443  444-575
8  200-374  375-399  400-436  437-575
HS  200-374  375-399  400-433  434-575

  

Writing Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Grade 4  0-6  7-8  9-10  11-12
7  0-6  7-8  9-10  11-12
HS  0-12  13-16  17-20  21-24

 

EOC Math Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Algebra/Integrated 1 /Makeup Year 1  200-374  375-399  400-442  443-600
Geometry/Integrated 2 /Makeup Year 2  200-374  375-399  400-435  436-600

 

Science Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Grade 5  200-374  375-399  400-431  432-550
8  250-374  375-399  400-430  431-550
HS  175-374  375-399  400-457  458-625

Notes:

  1. The lowest scale score is assigned to a booklet that earns zero points, when the minimum response criteria have been met.

  2. The highest scale score is assigned to a booklet that earns a perfect score.

  3. The cut scores between Levels 1 and 2, 2 and 3 and 3 and 4 were set by the A+ Commission for Reading and Writing at grades 4, 7 and 10 and for Science in grades 5 and 8; and by the State Board of Education for Reading in grades 3, 5, 6 and 8, and in Mathematics at grades 3-8. The Mathematics scale scores above for grades 3-8 began with the spring 2010 Measurements of Student Progress.

  

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