http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/commentary_2010-05-22.html

http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/commentary_2010-05-22.html

Kent School District

Here is a case where Kent School District is being evaluated by their MSP and HSPE test scores.  This is a good example of superintendents and school districts being evaluated on an assessment that is supposed to be evaluating students.  Is it fair to evaluate a district and give it 5 out of 10 based solely on its test score?

Here's the site:
http://www.greatschools.org/cgi-bin/wa/district-profile/118#MSPResults

Community Blog: Teachers being evaluated based on students' test scores

This blog gives various perspectives on teacher evaluations or "evaluations" in connection to students' results on the MSP and HSPE.  I quote the word evaluations because administrative level heads are careful to connect students' results to teachers; Covertly, however, these connections are still being made.  Teachers are given the results of their students and asked to analyze the data and fill out Student Learning Plans. 

http://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2010/08/thoughts-about-using-student-tests-to.html

Washington State's Report Card 2009/10

Here's the link to Washington State scores for the 2009/10 school year:

http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/summary.aspx?year=2009-10

The OSPI website has some FAQs to help the community construct knowledge of the MSP and HSPE tests

Here is the link to the FAQs:

http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/StateTesting/FAQ.aspx

Superintendent falls because of WASL