<p>My daughter is taking the PSAT next week and I assume SAT in the spring.
As most of you know,there are books- classes & cd-roms to help prepare for the College board tests.
Even if you do not have any accomodations ( in terms of special education) at school, you still are allowed to bring in a calculator, in fact it is recommended bring one for the math problems.
You are given a sample test with answers and directions for scoring.
After your test is scored, you receive the original booklet,a score interpretation booklet,an answer key, a report of their own right and wrong responses, and recommendations for using the PSAT results to prepare for the SAT.</p>
<p>For the WASL- Washington state students graduating in 2008 will need to pass the Reading, Writing & Math section of the test. There are 4 scores you can receive for each of the three sections. To receive a 4- indicates you have excelled, a 3 you passed, 2- you barely failed, 1- you have a long way to go.
You are not given specific information about what areas you passed or did not pass, other than the 1-4 ranking.
( Incidentally- this test costs the districts and state more to score and administer than the SAT costs families- it is administered for several hours a day for a few weeks)</p>
<p>If for instance you have a child who is at grade level, has never failed a class, who has a 3.7 GPA including unweighted AP classes like I do, you expect that they will pass the test with 3s or even 4s.</p>
<p>Which she did- for two of the sections.
However the 3rd section she recieved a 1. Obviously she needs to take it over to graduate.
However- how will she know what do work on? Is there any indication what she missed?</p>
<p>What families must go through to see their childs scores is this.
Download a request to do so & send it to the state.
The state will review requests and send information to the district who will contact families to set up an appt for viewing of the scores.</p>
<p>Only parents/guardians are permitted to see scores.
You have one hour to view each section.
No note taking- (cell phones-must be placed on table in full view), or recording of any type is permitted.
A district employee is to be in the room with you at all times.</p>
<p>So my question is this- this test takes hours even days to administer-but your time is limited to review it.
as far as I know, my daughter didn’t answer any of the questions on the 3rd test correctly, as a 1 is the lowest score. How am I going to figure out what she is doing wrong in an hour and if I can’t take notes or have a copy, how am I going to be able to remember enough about it to help her do better?</p>
<p>This makes me pretty ticked- not just more attention is going toward students who pass or fail a test, than the curriculum and materials that are in the schools, but also the tightly controlled way of accessing any information about it.</p>
<p>Oh and remember all those SAT tests that were scored incorrectly earlier this year? Guess what company handles the scoring for the WASL tests?
Yep Pearson Educational Measurement</p>