Other State Assessments

Kindergarten teachers observe children during everyday classroom activities. This helps teachers find out what each child knows and can do at the beginning of the school year. Knowing more about children’s entering skills and strengths helps teachers and parents work together to support student growth in the kindergarten year.  Teachers take an inventory of each child's developing skills in six areas:  Social-emotional, Physical, Cognitive, Language, Literacy, and Mathematics.  

OSPI-Developed Assessments (formerly Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs))

Required assessments at the elementary, middle, and high school level chosen by the district to ensure that students are given the opportunity to learn the state learning standards in social studies, the arts, and health and fitness.  

The Arts (Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts)