z56\doc\web\2002\05\weawasl.txt
thanx to Juanita Doyon:


The following motion passed the WEA Representative Assembly on April 20,
2002


"That the WEA call on the legislature to bring about the following
changes to the WASL Program:
1.  Require reports of individual students' scores to include the
Standard Error of Measurement.
2.  Require individual student score reports to take into account scorer
error.
3.  Eliminate all developmentally inappropriate and nonaligned items.
4.   Eliminate all format complexity.
5.  Eliminate all culturally-biased questions.
6.  Subject the WASL to standard validity and reliability tests.
7.  Amend the length of the test to reduce student fatigue.
8.  Make individually scored WASLs available to teachers, including
scoring criteria (rubrics, anchor papers, etc.), to   evaluate
instruction and learning as required by ESHB 1209.
9.  Eliminate the use of the WASL for high stakes and use it as a systems
check."