West Virginia Educational Standards Test

The West Virginia Educational Standards Test (WESTEST) is a criterion-referenced test measured student's knowledge of the West Virginia Content Standards. It is designed to meet NCLB requirements. Tests are administered in Science, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Reading/Language Arts in grades 3-11.[1]

The WESTEST reports out Lexile measures for students in grades 3-11.[2] A Lexile measure can be used to match readers with targeted text and monitor growth in reading ability. There are five levels in which a student can get, Novice, Partial Mastery, Mastery, Above Mastery, and Distinguished.

References
  1. Education, West Virginia Department of. "OAA". Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  2. "State Assessments". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2010-01-18.


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