WY-TOPP Summative Assessments

For grades 3-10, the WY-TOPP summative assessments are online adaptive assessments for math and English language arts. Students in grade 3, 5, 7, and 9 are assessed in writing. Grade 4, 8, and 10 students are also assessed in science. The science assessment is a fixed-form online assessment.

• Online with multiple item types (e.g., enhanced multiple choice, constructed response, technology enhanced, performance task)
• Testing time is limited to 1% of the school year (e.g., 9 hours for elementary, 10 for middle school, and 11 for high school); this is for “actual testing time” and does not include test prep, breaks, or time reading the instructions
• Comparability across states – students’ scores are to be comparable to students’ scores from other states
• Reporting deadline of August 1st to facilitate school improvement activities (Results will not be available until September in 2018 only, as a panel needs to meet and set cut scores for this new assessment)
• Readiness check and training will be conducted to ensure schools have a smooth online test administration