The Port Angeles School District was the only one in Clallam County to have at least 50 percent of its sophomores pass all three of the required portions of the 2006 WASL — Washington Assessment of Student Learn.
Last year’s sophomores — the Class of 2008 — who took the test in April and May are the first students required by state law to pass the reading, writing and math portions of the WASL to graduate.
Barely half of the 10th-grade students in the state who took the WASL — 52.1 percent — passed all three portions of the test.
The results were released Friday by the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The results showed that only 351 out of 846 juniors who were enrolled as sophomores last year in Clallam County are in the clear for meeting the state’s graduation WASL requirements.
The number includes students who choose to take only one or some portions of the test or who did not take any portions of it.
All must pass the test to graduate but they may choose when they take it.
To see the results, go to http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/.
Passing percentages
The percentage of sophomores who took all three required portions of the test and passed are as follows for each school district:
* Port Angeles: 50.7
* Sequim: 49.4
* Cape Flattery: 48.1
* Crescent: 46.2
* Quillayute Valley: 34.8.
All three school districts with a high school in Jefferson County had more than 50 percent of its sophomores pass all three of the required portions of the 2006 WASL — Washington Assessment of Student Learn.
Last year’s sophomores, the class of 2008, who took the test in April and May, are the first students required by state law to pass the reading, writing and math portions of the WASL before being able to graduate.
Barely half of the students in the state who took the 10th-grade WASL — 52.1 percent — passed all three portions of the test.
The results were released Friday by the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The results showed that only 140 out of 282 juniors who were enrolled as sophomores last year in Jefferson County are in the clear for meeting the state’s graduation WASL requirements.
This includes students who choose to take only one or some portions or the test or who did not take any.
All must pass the test to graduate but they may choose when they take it.
To see the results, go to http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/.
Passing percentages
The percentage of sophomores who took all three required portions of the test and passed are as follows for each school district:
* Port Townsend: 60
* Chimacum: 56.4
* Quilcene: 52.6
Students will have four chances to retake any portion of the WASL they failed, and can use an alternative form of assessment after failing it twice.
Alternatives include portfolios of student work, calculations of student grades, and college entrance exam scores for math.
