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Teaching & Learning Newsletters
Teaching & Learning produces several e-newsletters that keep our stakeholders apprised of our work and that share what others are doing in education curriculum and instruction.
Washington State Learning Goals
Standards provide an overview of what students should know and be able to do in grades K-12.
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Grade Level Standards & Resources
This Web site provides user-friendly access to the learning standards along with aligned resources. These standards describe in detail what students are expected to know and be able to do in each grade.
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Common Core Standards
Learn about Washington’s role in the nationwide Common Core Standards initiative.
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Instructional Materials
OSPI periodically conducts reviews to examine the degree to which instructional materials available to the state’s educators are aligned with Washington’s K-12 Learning Standards.
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Curriculum/Course Alignment Tools
These alignment tools provide a means to check if instructional materials and/or the course design are aligning to the our state’s academic learning standards.
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Response to Intervention (RTI)
RTI is a research-based intervention process that assists and supports struggling students as soon as a need for help is identified. |
Special Education Learning
OSPI Special Education and related services are provided annually to about 124,000 eligible students in the state across 295 school districts. Special education represents about 11.6 percent of the state's total K-12 population. |
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Washington State Diagnostic Assessment Guide
This guide defines the different types of assessments. It provides guidance on how to select appropriate assessments for instructional purposes.
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Formative Assessment Comparative Guide – Consumer Report
This document is a companion to the Washington State Diagnostic Assessment Guide. Together, these documents are intended to help educators, schools, and school districts select and use diagnostic and formative assessment tools in supporting student learning the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, and science.
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