Testing (SBA/WCAS/PSAT/SAT/AP/ASVAB)

SUPER WEDNESDAY at JHS!

Super Wednesday at Juanita High School is October 23, 2024!

Registration and Payment: Your registration is your payment. Please see Lynn Grager at the Bookkeeper window to pay in person (cash, check or credit card), or click here to pay online. The deadline to submit payment is September 27th, at the end of B Lunch.

Grade Level	Test	Cost
10th Graders	PSAT	Free
11th Graders	PSAT	$18 (Free for students on free/reduced lunch)
12th Graders	SAT	$60 ($8 for students on reduced fees)
9th Graders	None	N/A

College Board Accommodations: Students who need accommodations for the PSAT or SAT must request them through the College Board’s Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD). Even if you have accommodations through the school, you don't automatically receive them for College Board tests. The process can take up to seven weeks, so it's important to start early. Accommodations might include extended time, additional breaks, or other supports. Once you are approved for accommodations through the College Board, you are set until the end of high school. To request accommodations, students or parents should contact our SSD Coordinator, Lynn Lawrence, at llawrence@lwsd.org, or visit the College Board Accommodations website for more information. If you have a 504 or IEP and have questions about testing accommodations, please reach out to your case managers.

Study Materials: Don't forget to prepare! There are plenty of study materials available for both the PSAT and SAT. Check out these resources to help you get ready:

● College Board PSAT Practice

● College Board SAT Practice

● Khan Academy

Super Wednesday is designed to help students prepare for college admissions and future academic success. It's an important day for our students, so please ensure they are well-rested and ready to do their best!

Test Results:

Smarter Balance Assessment (SBA): The District will post test results into Skyward Family Access in June, 2025. Both the score and a PDF of the actual test report will be available. An email to families with more information will be sent by the end of May.

WCAS (Science): Test results won’t be available until late August or September.

Once a student has completed a graduation pathway it will show on their transcript as:

Graduation Pathway MET

If you have questions about SBA/WCAS or ASVAB testing please reach out to Mr. Ivy

TESTING at JHS

SBA/WCAS

Smarter Balance Assessment (SBA) and the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) are Washington state exams. They measure student skill in the areas of reading, writing and math.

10th grade students take the Smarter Balanced Assessments in English Language Arts and Math. 11th grade students take the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science.

Scheduled for the week of April 7, 2025!

Details to be posted soon.

Please see Mr. Ivy with any questions

PSAT/SAT

What is the PSAT/NMSQT?
The PSAT/NMSQT is the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The purpose of the PSAT is to familiarize students with the kinds of questions, style of directions, and physical environment of an SAT exam, and provides students with a projected SAT score range, personalized feedback, and a study plan. Eleventhgrade students who take the PSAT/NMSQT are also automatically screened for the National Merit®Scholarship Program; an academic competition for recognition and scholarships.

For more information about the PSAT, you can visit the College Board website at: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt-psat-10.

PSAT Testing for all 10th graders and interested 11th graders will take place on October 23, 2024.

10th graders are expected to take the PSAT. LWSD will pay the testing fee for all 10th graders.
11th graders have the option to take the PSAT. The cost for 11th graders is $18, or $0 for students who receive Free/Reduced meals. Once payment is received, students will automatically be registered for the test. Payments can be made online here, or in person at the Bookkeeper window where card, check or cash will be accepted.

PSAT/NMSQT Student Guide

What is the SAT?

The SAT is a test is used by many colleges and universities in the admissions process. The district is only allowed to offer the SAT without essay in the fall. Achieving a certain score on the SAT is one of the methods to meet the Graduation Pathway requirement in Washington State.

For more information about the SAT, you can visit the College board website at: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat.

SAT testing will be offered to 12th graders on October 23, 2024.

12th graders who choose to take the SAT need to pay by September 27, 2024. The cost for the SAT is $60, or $8 for students who receive Free/Reduced meals. Payment can be made online here, or in person at the Bookkeeper window where card, check or cash will be accepted.

SAT Student Guide

ASVAB

Advanced Placement (AP)

More Information About State Testing and Graduation Pathways

Washington public high school students take the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) for English Language Arts (ELA) and math in grade 10. Grade 11 students take the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS). Results from these assessments provide meaningful feedback and data that teachers and other educators can use to help students succeed. In addition, the results provide data to help evaluate school-level and district-wide instructional strategies, initiatives and other programs.

The ELA and math assessments are one of the ways a student can meet a state-required “graduation pathway.”

In 2019, the Washington State Legislature provided students in the class of 2020 and beyond with multiple pathways to graduation by passing House Bill (HB) 1599. For most students, meeting standard on the state assessment will be the first pathway option available in high school. All students, regardless of which graduation pathway they intend to use, are expected to take the statewide ELA and math assessments during 10th grade and to incorporate their results in their High School and Beyond Plan.

For these reasons, we recommend that students initially plan to use the state assessment to meet the graduation pathway option requirement and take advantage of additional pathway options that are aligned with their High School and Beyond Plan as appropriate.

Graduation Pathways: https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/graduation/graduation-pathways

SBA Test Results

Individual scores for the SBA exams administered this past spring for ELA and math are being delivered electronically from the testing vendor. Scores (level and scale score) will be added to Family Access in June, 2025. Full-page PDF reports with more scoring details will be available from OSPI in the fall, and these will be posted to Family Access at that time.

Only SBA ELA and math scores will be available in June. Science scores will not be available until the fall after OSPI releases those scores.

Directions to access SBA test scores beginning on June, 2025:
1.   To access Lake Washington School District’s Skyward portal, click on the Family Access link on the district website.
2.   Log in to Skyward Family Access with your username and password.*
3.   Click on the Test Scores tab.

Super Wednesday, October 23, 2024! PSAT and SAT testing. All 10th graders will take the PSAT, and 11th graders will have the opportunity to take the PSAT. More information to come.

If you have questions about SBA/WCAS testing please reach out to Mr. Ivy