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The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, or OSPI, is the state education agency for the State of Washington. The agency is bound by the Washington State Legislature to implement state laws regarding education, including the 1993 education reform act which mandated the controversial WASL standards based assessment .
The Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) was a standardized educational assessment system given as the primary assessment in the state of Washington from spring 1997 to summer 2009. The WASL was also used as a high school graduation examination beginning in the spring of 2006 and ending in 2009.
The one-year Transition School prepares students to enter the University as fully matriculated undergraduates in the equivalent of their tenth-grade year. Students apply during their eighth grade year and begin TS the following autumn, leaving the K-12 school system. [1] Each year, a small cohort of students is accepted from a larger applicant ...
(The Center Square) – More than 2,600 people signed on to support a school choice bill that received a public hearing Thursday in Olympia. House Bill 1140, sponsored by Rep. Travis Couture, R ...
This is a complete list of school districts of in the state of Washington. School districts are classified as whether they operate high school or not. Additionally the state classifies them on they have at least 2,000 students, with the former being first class districts and the latter being second class districts. Joint school districts have territory in at least two counties. All school ...
The Washington State Board of Education (SBE) is a government body that oversees education in the U.S. state of Washington. It was established in 1877 by the Washington Territorial Legislature and primarily oversees K–12 education. [1] The board also authorizes charter schools, which were legalized in 2012, and private institutions. [2]
An Educational Service District, or ESD, is a regional education unit in the U.S. state of Washington. Organizationally different from a school district, a single ESD in Washington serves dozens of school districts. ESDs are established to allow school districts to work, plan, and buy equipment collectively.
Ferndale School District is a primary and secondary education school district located in Ferndale, Washington. FSD serves over 5000 students (Oct, 2012) [1] in the city of Ferndale and surrounding areas including Custer, Lummi Island and north Bellingham. The current Superintendent of Ferndale School District is Dr. Kristi Dominguez.