Washington Just for the Kids
School Test Data

The fundamental principle underlying the WSRC effort is that the availability of solid and extensive achievement data can help to inform efforts to improve education. Identifying high-performing schools can be helpful to those schools of similar configurations that are trying to improve their efforts at teaching and learning, by modeling what is possible. All schools face difficulties and challenges. However, we believe strongly that children can achieve beyond the levels of current expectation, indeed excel at learning, when placed in appropriate learning environments. It is toward this end that the available data are provided.

We are continuing to develop and improve our system to serve you better. When you select the elementary schools, middle schools, or district summaries links you will be leaving the SPU website and connecting to the National Center for Educational Accoutability at the University of Texas. The system is presently being updated but will soon include 2003 data for elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools. Target data for the system to be updated is March 15, 2004.

Just for the Kids

The Washington Just for the Kids is a web-based data analysis and school performance and accountability system based on a very successful and highly acclaimed methodology developed by the Just for the Kids organization in Austin, Texas. This methodology takes into account a school's socioeconomic status, bilingual services, size, student mobility rate and other factors. Working in cooperation with the Texas group, we are using the methodology with Washington school ITBS and WASL scores, which will allow us to identify and study high performing schools to identify their effective practices, and to identify schools that need assistance. Training sessions for educators and the public on the Just for the Kids information and on the use of the data for school improvement are also a part of these efforts.

Directions for Use
This website is designed to enable parents, teachers, administrators, and students to access student achievement information on Washington public schools.

By selecting "Elementary School Data" (hotlink), the user can call up any of the public elementary schools in the state of Washington and exam school-level test scores (WASL and ITBS) for different grade levels.

By selecting "Middle School / Junior High Data" (hotlink), the user can call up any of the public middle or junior high schools in the state of Washington and exam school-level test scores (WASL and ITBS) for different grade levels.

By selecting "District Data" (hotlink) the user can view the data compiled according to the different school districts in Washington.

By selecting The "Training Programs for Educators" (hotlink) the user can view a description of the professional development training opportunities and dates of upcoming training sessions.

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Contributors
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Washington Mutual
Boeing Company