Mathematics Assessment

Welcome to Math Assessment! The formative assessment process is a critical element of informed instruction, and making the appropriate next steps in instruction. OSPI Math Assessment offers opportunities throughout the year to support the formative assessment process in the classroom, and provide professional development for educators related to the assessment. Be on the lookout for these when they are posted to the Math Assessment site, and feel free to reach out with your assessment questions.

Washington State Testing Portal

This portal provides a variety of resources for Washington State testing for test administrators, educators, and parents, including practice and training tests, interim assessments, a Q&A, and more.

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Washington State is a member of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.

Calculator Policy

This page describes the calculator policy as a Universal Tool for the paper-pencil Smarter Balanced Mathematics assessments and the paper-pencil Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS).

Assessment Claims

These presentations provide information on the claim structure of the Smarter Balanced assessments and specific information about each claim.*

*Speaker notes can only be viewed after downloading this file. After opening the downloaded PDF, go to View>Tools>Comment>Open. A list of notes will open on the right side of the screen. You can also hover or click on the small note icon in the upper left corner of each slide.

• What is a Claim?
• Claim 1
• Claim 2
• Claim 3
• Claim 4

Assessment Resources by Grade

For each grade level listed, teachers should be familiar with the following resources.
Definitions for each resource are given below:

Kindergarten

• Standards
• Ongoing Professional Learning
  • Kindergarten Progression Documents and Critical Questions 

Grade 1

• Standards
• Ongoing Professional Learning
  • Grade 1 Progression Documents and Critical Questions

Grade 2

• Standards
• Ongoing Professional Learning
  • Grade 2 Progression Documents and Critical Questions

Grade 3

• Standards
• Claim Distribution
• Cluster Quizzes: 3.G.A | 3.MD.A | 3.NBT.A | 3.OA.A | 3.OA.B
• Ongoing Professional Learning
  • Grade 3 Progression Documents and Critical Questions

Grade 4

• Standards
• Claim Distribution
• Cluster Quizzes: 4.G.A | 4.MD.A | 4.NBT.A | 4.NF.B | 4.OA.A
• Ongoing Professional Learning
  • Grade 4 Progression Documents and Critical Questions

Grade 5

• Standards
• Claim Distribution
• Cluster Quizzes: 5.G.A | 5.NBT.A | 5.NBT.B | 5.NF.A | 5.OA.A
• Ongoing Professional Learning
  • Grade 5 Progression Documents and Critical Questions

Grade 6

• Standards
• Claim Distribution
• Cluster Quizzes: 6.EE.B | 6.NS.A | 6.RP.A
• Ongoing Professional Learning
  • Grade 6 Progression Documents and Critical Questions

Grade 7

• Standards
• Claim Distribution
• Cluster Quizzes: 7.G.B | 7.RP.A | 7.SP.C
• Ongoing Professional Learning
  • Grade 7 Progression Documents and Critical Questions

Grade 8

• Standards
• Claim Distribution
• Cluster Quizzes: 8.EE.C | 8.F.A | 8.NS.A
• Ongoing Professional Learning
  • Grade 8 Progression Documents and Critical Questions

High School

• Standards
• Claim Distribution
• Cluster Quizzes:
  • Overview | Application Geometry | Circles Geometry | Exponential Functions | Interpreting Data | Making Justifying Conclusions | Polynomial Functions | Probability | Proofs Geometry | Radical Functions | Rational Functions | Three-Dimensional Geometry | Transformations Geometry | Trigonometric Functions
• Ongoing Professional Learning
  • High School Progression Documents and Critical Questions

Definitions

For each grade level listed, teachers should be familiar with the following resources:

• Standards - Grade-specific extracts of the high-quality academic standards in mathematics. These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade.
• Cluster Quizzes - Paper-pencil quizzes aligned to selected clusters, conceptual categories, and the Claim Distribution document. May be modified and used to supplement the interim assessment blocks (IABs).
• Progression Documents and Critical Questions - Descriptions of the cognitive development and structure of mathematics in several important areas of the standards. Use the critical questions to guide discussions as you read through the documents.

Online Training Test Supports

The activities in this document focus on the mathematics online Training Test questions, describing ways to practice use of the tools for each question type.

• Mathematics Online Training Test Activities

Paper-Pencil Assessment Supports

These sample test and answer booklets provide supports for schools and districts that will administer paper/pencil Smarter Balanced tests in Spring 2018. Educators should read through the Teacher Sample Booklet Companion Materials prior to using the Sample Test Booklet and Sample Answer Booklet with students.

Grades 3-5 (2018 versions)

• Teacher Sample Booklet Companion Materials
• Sample Test Booklet English
• Sample Answer Booklet English

Grades 6-8 (2018 versions)

• Teacher Sample Booklet Companion Materials
• Sample Test Booklet English
• Sample Answer Booklet English

High School (2018 versions)

• Teacher Sample Booklet Companion Materials
• Sample Test Booklet English
• Sample Answer Booklet English