Washington Administrative Code

(1) As required in RCW 28A.655.061 (10)(b), the state board of education shall identify the score students must achieve on the English language arts, science and mathematics components of the SAT (science not applicable) and ACT.(2) A student who scores at least a three on the gr…

(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop and make available to school district personnel an online application to capture SAT, ACT, IB and/or AP comparison applications for documenting that a student has met the eligibility requirements in WAC 392-501-103 and ac…

The school principal or a designee shall notify students and their parents or guardians when students are in the eleventh and twelfth grade years of the availability of the SAT, ACT, IB and AP comparison option.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.655.065 and 28A.655.061. WSR 16-20-055,…

Decisions made by the superintendent of public instruction under WAC 392-501-105 may be appealed as provided for in RCW 34.05.514.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.655.061 and 28A.655.065. WSR 07-13-035, § 392-501-108, filed 6/13/07, effective 7/22/07.]

The grades comparison option is an objective alternative assessment authorized in RCW 28A.655.065 (3) and (4) that compares the applicant's grades in applicable courses with the grades of students who took the same courses and met or exceeded the assessment standard. This option …

A student is eligible for the GPA comparison option if the student meets the following conditions:(1) The student has taken the applicable component of the state high school assessment at least once and has not met the standard for which the student is applying to use this option…

(1) For the purpose of this section, "applicant" means an eligible student applying for the grades comparison option.(2) A school district representative or designee shall utilize the grade comparison tool(s) provided by the office of superintendent of public instruction to calcu…

(1) The district assessment coordinator shall approve the grades comparison form if:(a) The student eligibility requirements are met; and(b) The applicant's grade point average is equal to or greater than the mean grade point average of the comparison cohort.(2) Upon approval of …

The school principal or a designee shall notify students and their parents or guardians when students are in the eleventh and twelfth grade years of the availability of the grades comparison option.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.655.065 and 28A.655.061. WSR 16-20-055, § 392-501-20…

Decisions made by the superintendent of public instruction under WAC 392-501-204 may be appealed as provided for in RCW 34.05.514.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.655.061 and 28A.655.065. WSR 07-13-035, § 392-501-208, filed 6/13/07, effective 7/22/07.]

A collection of evidence (COE) is a high school graduation alternative assessment authorized under RCW 28A.655.065 that evaluates a set of work samples in a specific content area (English language arts, science (biology/life science) and mathematics) based on classroom work prepa…

A student who has taken the state high school assessment at least once and has not met standard in one or more of the content areas is eligible to submit a collection of evidence for each content area in which they have not met standard if: The student has a recorded valid attemp…

(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall make available to students and school district personnel a COE submission procedure for documenting that a student has met the eligibility requirements as set forth in WAC 392-501-310.(2) It is the responsibility of the school di…

(1) Specific guidelines for types and numbers of work samples for English language arts, science and mathematics will be published and made available to students, guardians, schools, and districts. The guidelines will be published on the office of the superintendent of public ins…

The following process will be utilized in determining sufficiency for a collection of evidence for one or more of the content areas submitted by a student. Upon receipt by OSPI, a collection of evidence will be reviewed to determine whether the protocols for submission have been …

The following process will be utilized to determine a score for a submitted collection.(1) Collections shall be scored at the state level by professional scorers screened, selected, and trained by OSPI. To be selected as a scorer, a person must have a bachelor's degree.(2) A subm…

(1) The superintendent of public instruction will recommend cut scores for each content area to the state board of education for graduation purposes.(2) The state board of education shall have the responsibility of accepting or not accepting the recommended cut scores generated f…

Each student who prepared a collection of evidence will receive a report of his or her results within ninety days following scoring. The report will provide a detailed description of the level of performance on the state content standards found in the student collection. The repo…

National Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (AERA, NCME, APA, 1999) will be applied in all stages of the development and implementation of the collection of evidence in order to ensure reliability and validity of the COE as an alternative assessment. The National…

RCW 28A.655.065 directs the superintendent of public instruction to develop guidelines and appeal processes for waiving specific requirements pertaining to the certificate of academic achievement and to the certificate of individual achievement for students who transfer to a Wash…

(1) The requirement that a student obtain a certificate of academic achievement or a certificate of individual achievement to graduate shall be waived for students who transfer to a Washington public school from another state in the twelfth grade year if the student provides docu…

(1) To obtain a waiver, a waiver form must be submitted by the district to the superintendent of public instruction. The principal of the school or designee shall review the information and transmit through the district office the wavier [waiver ] form and a copy of the student's…

The principal or a designee shall inform students and parents or guardians who transferred from another state in their eleventh or twelfth grade year of the availability of obtaining a waiver of the certificate requirements.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.655.061 and 28A.655.065. W…

Decisions made by the superintendent of public instruction under WAC 392-501-504 may be appealed as provided for in RCW 34.05.514.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.655.061 and 28A.655.065. WSR 07-13-035, § 392-501-508, filed 6/13/07, effective 7/22/07.]

(1) Students who transfer into a public school from out-of-state, from out-of-country or into a public school from within the state from a nonpublic school setting in the twelfth grade year may utilize an objective alternative assessment for purposes of meeting the high school st…

RCW 28A.655.065 directs the superintendent of public instruction to develop guidelines and appeal processes for waiving specific requirements in RCW 28A.655.061 pertaining to the certificate of academic achievement and RCW 28A.155.045 pertaining to the certificate of individual a…

(1) A student, or a student's parent or guardian may file an appeal to the superintendent of public instruction if the student has special, unavoidable circumstances that prevented the student, during the student's twelfth grade year (eleventh grade year under a specific circumst…

(1) The special, unavoidable circumstance appeal review board shall be created to review and make recommendations to the superintendent of public instruction on all special, unavoidable circumstance appeal applications.(2) The superintendent of public instruction shall appoint se…

The school principal or a designee shall, as applicable, notify students and parents or guardians when student is in their twelfth grade year of the availability of special, unavoidable circumstance appeals.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.655.065 and 28A.655.061. WSR 16-20-055, § 3…

Decisions made by the superintendent of public instruction under WAC 392-501-602 may be appealed as provided for in RCW 34.05.514.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.655.061 and 28A.655.065. WSR 07-13-035, § 392-501-606, filed 6/13/07, effective 7/22/07.]

RCW 28A.155.045 authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to develop guidelines for waiving specific requirements in RCW 28A.655.061 pertaining to the graduation requirements and the state assessment system, and to determine appropriate assessment alternatives through w…

(1) A student, based on the decision of the student's IEP team, who participated in eleventh or twelfth grade Washington access to instruction and measurement (WA-AIM) using the engagement rubric process, will have his or her assessment graduation requirement for the content area…

The authority for these rules is RCW 28A.150.290 and 28A.250.020, which authorizes the superintendent to adopt by rule criteria and processes for approving online providers.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.250.020 and 28A.150.290. WSR 13-23-086, § 392-502-001, filed 11/19/13, effect…

The purpose of this chapter is to develop and implement criteria and processes for approving online providers in order to further online learning opportunities for K-12 students in Washington state.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 28A.250 RCW. WSR 12-03-067, § 392-502-005, filed 1/1…

As used in this chapter, the term:(1) "Multidistrict online provider" means:(a) A private or nonprofit organization that enters into a contract with a school district to provide online courses or programs to K-12 students from more than one school district;(b) A private or nonpro…

(1) This section sets forth the process that online providers must follow to be approved in accordance with RCW 28A.250.020. Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, all online providers must be approved by the superintendent of public instruction for districts to collect state fu…

(1) This section sets forth the assurances, criteria, and performance targets that online providers must meet to be approved under this chapter.(a) To be approved, online providers must provide the following assurances to the superintendent of public instruction:(i) The online pr…

In the event the superintendent of public instruction denies an online provider's initial application for approval, the online provider may appeal the decision as follows:(1) The online provider may file a revised application with the superintendent of public instruction no later…

(1) Online providers that have been approved must annually provide the superintendent of public instruction information regarding the following:(a) Online provider's overall instructional program;(b) Content of individual online courses and online school programs;(c) Direct link …

(1) Approved online providers that fail to comply with the conditions of approval in WAC 392-502-050, may be subject to rescindment of approval.(2) Process for rescindment.(a) The superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee will notify an online provider when ther…

(1) The initial approval of an online provider will be for a period of four consecutive full school years.(2) In the final year of the online provider's approval, the superintendent of public instruction will automatically renew the approval for a successive one-year period on Oc…

(1) School districts may claim state funding under RCW 28A.232.020, to the extent otherwise allowed by state law, for students enrolled in online courses or programs only if the online courses or programs are offered by an online provider approved under RCW 28A.250.020 by the sup…

The authority for these rules is RCW 28A.657.020, 28A.657.030, and 28A.657.100, which require the superintendent of public instruction to annually:(1) Identify challenged schools in need of improvement and a subset of such schools that are the persistently lowest-achieving school…

The purpose of this chapter is to:(1) Adopt criteria, aligned with Washington's federally authorized accountability system, for identifying challenged schools in need of improvement and a subset of such schools that are the persistently lowest-achieving schools in the state;(2) E…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(1) "Challenged schools in need of improvement" are schools which have been identified for comprehensive supports through Washington's federally authorized accountability system.(2) "Federally approved accountabili…

In February of every year, the superintendent of public instruction will identify challenged schools in need of improvement.(1) Challenged schools in need of improvement shall be the same schools identified for comprehensive supports through the WSIF.(2) A subset of these schools…

(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall recommend to the state board of education school districts for designation as required action districts. (2) The recommendations for designation of required action districts shall occur each year in March, or at a time mutually a…