Testing Options

3 Ways to Meet State Standards

The Certificate of Academic Achievement

(CAA) tells families, schools, businesses and colleges that an individual student has mastered a minimum set of reading, writing and math skills by graduation. State law (RCW 28A.655.061) dictates the assessment graduation requirement.

State Requirements

To be eligible to graduate in Washington, high

school students must: pass specific state exams, earn all required state and local credits, and successfully complete a high school and beyond plan and a culminating project.

Classes of 2013 and 2014: Students must pass a state exam in reading and writing and one end-of-course exam in math, state-approved alternatives or assessments for students in special education.

State Requirements

Beginning with the class of 2013, students must

earn a Certificate of Academic Achievement. In addition to passing state exams, students can

meet their assessment graduation requirements by passing state-approved alternatives, or Certificate of Academic Achievement Options.

Students who transfer into a public school from out of state or an in-state non-public setting (home school or private school) in 11th or 12th grade can immediately access the CAA options.

State Requirements

SAT/ACT or AP test scores that meet state

requirements. Approved Collection of Evidence (Electronic)

portfolio that meets standard Augmented Collection of Evidence (Electronic)

portfolio that meets standard after 2nd attempt and which fell within a narrow mark band on first attempt (Ex: 375 – 400 on test where passing is 400)

Successful attempt at HSPE test

Options

What is the College Admission and AP Test Scores Option? Eligible students may use their math, reading, or writing scores on the

SAT, ACT or ACT Plus Writing tests to show they have key knowledge and skills. In addition, students who earn a score of 3 or higher on specified Advanced Placement (AP) tests may use these scores.

To be eligible to use this Option, the student must have taken the Math EOC or Reading or Writing HSPE at least once and not met the state standard on the test(s) for which the student wants to use this CAA Option.

Or, if the student has transferred into a Washington public high school in the 11th or 12th grade from out of state or an in-state non-public school, the student is eligible to use this CAA Option without taking the EOC or HSPE first. To be eligible for CAA Options, a transfer student’s school must submit an application to OSPI, and this must be approved.

ACT/SAT/AP Tests

The Guidance department can assist you with

registering for these tests, which may also be used for college admissions.

You may be eligible for a fee waiver. Speak to Guidance about this option.

The tests must meet a certain cut score and will then supersede other attempts at meeting state standards (COE / HSPE).

ACT/SAT/AP Tests

The Electronic COE will be a portfolio of 6-8

attempts in Reading, Writing or both for this class.

The last two are “On Demand” which means they must be completed in one sitting (single day attempt).

All work must be done in class with teacher supervision.

E-COE

January: 12th grade students and augment‐eligible

students from June 2011 may submit reading or writing collections in January (called the winter submission).

April: Only 12th graders who submitted in January and did not meet standard but are augment eligible may submit an augmented reading or writing collection in April (called the augmentation submission).

June: Only students in the classes of 2012 or earlier who either (a) have not yet met standard in reading or writing or (b) have direct access may submit a collection in June (called the June submission).

E-COE

Students can meet state standards by passing

the HSPE in their deficient content area (Reading or Writing for this class) in the spring.

Students must have attempted the HSPE twice before being eligible for an E-COE (some exceptions may exist, such as for out of state students)

HSPE