Technical Reports

Contact Information

Please contact us at Assessment@k12.wa.us to request an electronic copy of a technical report. Please specify the assessment name and year.

The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (AERA, APA, NCME, 2014) identifies professional standards, criteria, and recommendations for test developers and test publishers. One of those standards is to provide sufficient documentation that enables potential test users to evaluate the quality of a test, including evidence for the reliability and validity of test scores. Technical reports provide that documentation.

Scale Score Ranges and Cut Scores

SMARTER BALANCED - Technical Documentation

Assessment Years Reports are Available for
WIDA ACCESS and Alternate ACCESS 2022-2023
Smarter Balanced assessments 2015-2022*
Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) 2018-2022*
English Language Proficiency Assessment for the 21st Century (ELPA21) 2016-2019
Washington Access to Instruction and Measurement (WA-AIM) 2015-2022
End-of-Course (EOC) 2010-2017
Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) 2010-2017
High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE) 2010-2016
Washington English Language Proficiency Assessment (WELPA) 2012-2015
Washington Alternate Assessment System: Portfolio Assessment (WAAS-Portfolio) 2001-2014

Washington Language Proficiency Test

2007-2011
Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) 2000-2009

*2020 Technical Report was not developed due to COVID-19 and the cancellation of state testing.