When are students tested? 1
Kindergarten through 11th grades
What subjects are tested? 1
Language Arts
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
What types of questions are used? 1
Multiple choice
Response to prompt
How are test results used? 1
High school skills guarantee
Identification of students at risk
Curriculum planning
Improvement of instruction
School accreditation
What tests are used? 1
Metropolitan Readiness Test (kindergarten)
Stanford Achievement Test (grades 1 - 11)
Writing assessment (grades 4, 7, 10)
American College Testing Explore (grade 8)
American College Testing Work Keys (grade 12)
Are students with disabilities exempt?
2, 3
Exemptions given as determined by IEP team.
What accommodations are available so
that students with disabilities can participate? 2
List of accommodations approved by state Department of Education.
How are scores of students with disabilities
reported? 2
School, district, and statewide reports combine ("aggregate") scores
of students with disabilities who are assessed without modifications with
scores of students without disabilities.
Scores of students assessed with modifications are separated ("disaggregated")
from scores of other students.
Footnotes:
1 Source: PEER Project Survey to expand and update information from Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs: Data on 1995-96 Statewide Student Assessment Programs. (Fall 1996). Council of Chief State School Officers.
2 Source: PEER Project review of state policy documents. Documents provided by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). Information confirmed and updated by the PEER Project through direct communication with state officials.
3 NOTE: The IDEA Amendments of 1997 require that all students be included in statewide assessments.
West Virginia Department of Education
Office of Special Education
Capitol Building 6, Room 304
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, WV 25305
304-558-2696
304-558-3741 Fax
wvde.state.wv.us
Contact: Dr. Michael Valentine, Director of Special Education
mvalenti@access.k12.wv.us
Karen Nickolson, State Assessment Coordinator
304-558-2651
West Virginia Parent Center on Disability
West Virginia PTI
371 Broaddus Ave
Clarksburg, WV 26301
304-624-1436 Voice & TTY
1-800-281-1436 in WV
304-624-1438 Fax
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Contact: Pat Haberbosch