Following the release of the SBAc test results for the State of Washington we reached out to Nathan Olson (OSPI Communication Director) and asked: What changes were made in the data analysis from 2015/16 to 2016/17 that caused the delay in reporting to the public? Response:  You’d asked earlier what was different about this year’s release. Superintendent Reykdal, first and foremost, wanted students and families and the public to know that this was one test – a single measure that should never be the sole indicator of a student’s success. Regarding the data, he was very intentional in focusing on gaps in the achievement of racial/ethnic groups; students who come from high poverty families … [Read more...]