Thursday, April 7, 2011

Science HSPE on April 12, 2011

WHS 10th graders will be taking the Science HSPE on Tuesday, April 12 starting at 7:55 AM.  This is an untimed, but mandatory test for all 10th graders.  We will be having an assembly on Monday, April 11 to let the students know where they will be testing.


We will be following the same schedule for the science HSPE as we did for Reading and Writing.  All 9th and 10th graders will begin at normal time, 7:55 AM.  11th and 12th graders who can arrive late, may do so and there day will begin at 11:10 AM.



The HSPE name conveys the goal of the test: to measure a student’s proficiency of basic skills. Students in the classes of 2010-2012 must pass a reading and writing assessment to be eligible to graduate. If a student has already passed a specific assessment via the WASL (the former state test), such as reading, they will not have to take the HSPE in that content area.
Students in the Class of 2013 are the first to be required to pass reading, writing, math and science assessments.

The HSPE is shorter to take than the WASL and will be moved online over the next few years. Reading, math and science will take just one day each instead of two with the WASL. For now, writing will still take two days.

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